Reiding The Tea Leaves

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has come a long way since April 19, 2007, when he said, "This war is lost, and this surge is not accomplishing anything." He sang a different tune yesterday, admitting, "There are a lot of reasons the surge certainly hasn't hurt. It's helped. I recognize that." This is a minor concession from a party that's rooted for defeat since it initially became politically invested during the summer of 2003.

The new line of attack is against the sluggishness of Iraqi politics. This is totally disingenuous considering their familiarity with the slow grind that is political progress, and certainly not unique to Iraq (see the American history, from the Articles of Confederation to the failure implementing the Six-In-06 agenda).

Related: Iraq: A Miserable Failure?, Dean Screams Absurdity, There They Go Again, Two Doses Of Reality, Time To Admit It: The Surge Worked*