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Show me the way home
Washington has earned a new sobriquet -- Sunni Triangle West. The mashing of molars and sharpening of knives is audible in the nation's capital as generals and civilian war hawks line up for the blame game. Contrary to Bush administration orders, the Rubicon is already well traversed.

From "failure is not an option" to "failure is now the only option" is the new message one hears in off-the-record think tank discussions with retired generals and former ranking Pentagon and CIA officials. The POW fiasco, with its global radioactive fallout, has left Operation Iraqi Freedom in intensive care....