McCain: Crazy or Big Set?

The administration keeps asking us to endorse the new strategies...(well,more like tell us to endorse them), now McCainis asking.

"Iunderstand the frustration caused by our mistakes in this war," he said."I sympathize with the fatigue of the American people. . . . But I alsoknow the toll a lost war takes on an army and a country."

"Democraticleaders smiled and cheered as the last votes were counted. What were theycelebrating? Defeat? Surrender? In Iraq, only our enemies were cheering,"he added. "The judgment of history should be the approval we seek, not thetemporary favor of the latest public opinion poll."

"We have along way to go, but for the first time in four years, we have a strategy thatdeals with how things really are in Iraq and not how we wish them to be,"McCain told the VM cadets in his speech.

Yesterday weposted GatesExtends Troop Tours. Today TheSan Francisco Chronicle reports on how it affects the soldiers and theirfamily's.

CNN: "Wewant to hear from you: what do you think about the extended tour? Will iteffect someone in your family or a close friend? Share your thoughts and send usphotos of your loved ones".