That's Victor Davis Hanson's view of what General Petraeus has to grapple with in Iraq. Funny VDH did not make this case during the September debate about the surge. I wonder what would have happened if the pro-war right had described the war-aims as "near-impossible" when it mattered.
This article available online at:
http://www.theatlantic.com/daily-dish/archive/2007/10/-this-now-nearly-impossible-task/224629/
