Coincidentally, I had been thinking about Klein this morning. About 4 and a half months ago here's what Joe Klein had to say about Iraq:
[T]he responsible path is the Democrats' only politically plausible choice: they will have to give yet another new Iraqi government one last shot to succeed. This time, U.S. military sources say, the measure of success is simple: Operation Forward Together, the massive joint military effort launched last week to finally try to secure Baghdad, has to work. If Baghdad isn't stabilized, the war is lost.
Klein didn't say how long this "one last shot" should be given, but I generously gave one F.U. Still, it's pretty clear Operation Forward Together hasn't actually been a smashing success. Is the war now lost? If so, what should we do? What is now the responsible thing for responsible serious Democrats to do? Will Klein show them the way?
Since Klein's one last shot began, roughly 325 American troops have lost their lives. That's about enough for a small battalion.