Who does this guy think he is?!

basically by saying we have lost

Would that be like the pentagon studies from the 50's& early60's where the US military said indo-china couldn't be won .
hey you're right the politicians and generals proved them studies wrong didn't they.
Stupid bloody can-do attitude...bloody and stupid being the important words.

But hold on didn't the measures to temporarily solve the problem in Iraq to facilitate the hand over involve paying the sunni insurgents to stop attacking the coilition ? Did Bush bitch slap every dead serviceman by doing that ?