Mr Murtha—in many ways Ms Pelosi's right-hand man on Iraq—has suggested that the Democrats will finesse the problem by pursuing what critics call a “slow bleed” strategy.
With the myriad of competing and incompatible interests, the crisis will continue as a slowbleed that will make recovery of the world economy difficult, if not impossible.
War is a terrible thing, but is it not far more terrible for an entire generation to grow up watching the slowbleed of a war that we selflessly refuse to win?