Multi-National Force-Iraq Commander GEN David Petraeus speaks with reporters at the Pentagon,

Multi-National Force-Iraq Commander GEN David Petraeus speaks with reporters at the Pentagon, providing an update on ongoing security operations in Iraq.

I have not had a chance to listen to the entire speech, but if it's anything like what he said on Charlie Rose, he'll admit that the war is lost, but that there is one last chance to turn the war around in our favor. Sort of like a hail marry pass in the last few moments of a football game..
What I find laughable is that the Republicans whant us to bet the house on this long shot.

The administrations failure in monumental and our security and the security of the free world are at stake, yet the Republicans want us to stake our future on this one last hail marry.

I think most thinking people are more than a little reluctant to go along for this ride.