As the President (George W. Bush) makes the rounds to various places in Washington, asking for the advice he apparently never knew was available to him over the past 6 years, he is working out a new Iraq policy.
I predict that the new policy will be: BLAME CONGRESS!
Right now behind the scenes Vice President Cheney and other administration operatives are likely beating up the folks at the State Department and the Pentagon. We know that the five experts who met with the President at the White House just regurgitated Bush/Rove's talking points like a multi headed version of Senator Lindsey (Graham.http://lgraham.senate.gov/index.cfm?mode=presspage&id=266378) that’s how I read this anyway:
Most of those summoned to the White House have criticized the Iraq Study Group's central recommendation to boost the number of advisors and draw down the number of combat brigades, contending the plan could endanger U.S. troops.
-Los Angeles Times
more on the flip.