The quagmire in Iraq is sooooo bad . . .

Contributed by: filbert Friday, January 11 2008 @ 05:36 PM CST

That we’re going to turn Anbar Province over to the Iraqis in March[*1] .

In a telephone interview from Iraq, Marine Maj. Gen. Walter E. Gaskin, commander of the roughly 35,000 Marine and Army forces in Anbar, said levels of violence have dropped so significantly—coupled with the growth and development of Iraqi security forces in the province—that Anbar is ready to be handed back to the Iraqis.

Thus far, nine of 18 Iraqi provinces have reverted to Iraqi control, most recently the southern province of Basra in December. The process has gone substantially slower than the Bush Administration once hoped, mainly because of obstacles to developing sufficient Iraqi police and army forces. But Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Thursday that he expects the process to continue.

This, to some people, constitutes “losing in Iraq.”  You know who you are . . .