The mind reels with sarcastic replies

U.S. Lowers Sights On What Can Be Achieved in Iraq

"What we expected to achieve was never realistic given the timetable or what unfolded on the ground," said a senior official involved in policy since the 2003 invasion. "We are in a process of absorbing the factors of the situation we're in and shedding the unreality that dominated at the beginning."

I wonder how Andrew Sullivan, and the other dogs of war who have since adopted a "the policy was good, the execution was bad" stance, will make of this.