The Nitpicker picks the right nit:
Here's my question about the McCain plan for more troops in Iraq Lieberman has now endorsed.
What do those troops do?
Think of it this way: A company is losing profit against its competitors. No one can figure out why. If, in a well-run company, some advisor came in and said "Let's hire more people" without explaining exactly where those people would work and what they would do, the advisor would be booted out of the boss's office.
You have to understand how fundamentally unserious these proposals are. The John and Joe Show is beginning to separate itself from the catastrophic failure that is Iraq. But they lack the courage to make the wrenching, heartbreaking decisions involved. So instead, they're suggesting the one strategy absolutely sure to never be implemented. That way, when withdrawal does happen, and the country devolves even further into bloodshed and horror, their elevated moralism will remain unsullied. No one will ask how their way would have been better, but they will constantly remind that their way was never tried. Their war will have been lost, but their political careers will escape unscathed.
