Looking glass...

in the comments over at balloon juice, ppgaz puts the current murpha vote dem versus republican and pentagon working on plans to get out of iraq thing all in a neat little package, methinks: discussion about the war goes on as if it existed in a vacuum. it does not. it exists firmly embedded within the political realities of the united states.support for the war is in the yellow range and headed for the red line over at the left end of the meter. when it hits the red line, which will be soon, anyone associated with the thing is going to get burned by the steam coming from the relief valve. translation: republicans lose control of congress next year unless something reverses the current trends.once that happens, the war is over. the current clusterfuck and its public relations machine holds...