You know what really gets to me?

[Mythsaje]

I hear the talking points about the war and the DSM, and that there was never a real after-saddam strategy and I want to scream. Today I heard something on Franken's show where it was said that they just didn't expect it to be as rough as it was.

How is that I--an avid reader and hopeful author--knew something that these so-called "leaders" failed to realize?

There's a big difference between taking territory and holding it. I said from the very beginning of this damn thing that it was going to be an unholy mess. And this was before Air America, or before I found DU. I was damn near the only voice of reason in a forest of cheerleaders...pounding sand down a rathole.

:banghead:

Does anyone out there share my frustration with this?