Not bad news. I feared the dem ascendency would lead to forced timetables and other proven stupidness. It seems that some are realizing 'hey, sticking our heads in the sand may not be a viable long term strategy'.
Do you not think that it is mainly the republican administration and gung-ho pro war crowd who have had their heads stuck in the sand more , with no viable long or short term strategy ?
As for Reyes suggestion , would 20-30,000 extra troops be enough to even secure Anbar province or Baghdad itself , let alone attempt to disarm the militias ?
Now if he was talking about 200-300,000 extra troops then perhaps he wouldn't have his head in the sand .

Though of course the question at this stage really is ..... can anything be achieved at all that may in some remote way be described as beneficial to the Iraqis , their neighbours and the coilition ?