Unguarded moment

For sometime now, there have been exactly three options the Bush administration faced in Iraq: pull out, taper troop levels over a long time scale or send more US meat into the grinder. In one way or another, none will likely be good. This has been known for a long time.

Which is why I had to laugh when I read that the Pentagon has a "closely guarded review" of options in Iraq:

The Pentagon's closely guarded review of how to improve the situation in Iraq has outlined three basic options: Send in more troops, shrink the force but stay longer, or pull out, according to senior defense officials.

I guess this is what might be called thinking inside the box.