Robert Gates our Secretary of Defense said yesterday:
"In some ways we probably all underestimated the depth of the mistrust and how difficult it would be for these guys to come together on legislation," Gates said. "The kinds of legislation they're talking about will establish the framework of Iraq for the future so it's almost like our constitutional convention ... And the difficulty in coming to grips with those, we may all have underestimated six or eight months ago."
Correct me if I am wrong, but six or eight months ago (you know, when they set surge targets) didn't we all know that Sunnis and Shias were blood enemies in the middle of a civil war? If you are the Secretary of State or Secretary of Defense and you really "didn't know" how tough this was going to be you should be fired. You are incompetent at a level almost unheard of in politics.
But the truth is they did know. They lied then. They are spinning now. And Republicans are blaming Democrats for being deafists for trying to hold them to some - any commitments. Any people (Americans and Iraqis) continue to die while we ignore it.