It's January 2007 in Iraq

Chuck Hagel now calling bullshit(and also mentioned earlier over the break that he's probably ducking out of politics after his term ends), Joe Lieb and Warner running defense.

"The fatal flaw was when right after September 11 the president asked everyone to go on with their lives. That set the stage for no one sacrificing," said a Special Forces team sergeant who recently served in Iraq. "That's why they aren't behind it, because they don't have a stake in this war. They aren't losing or gaining anything. If you don't see it, smell it, feel it, how are you connected?"

The president also urged Americans to go shopping sometime before Xmas.

...The BBC was told by a senior administration source that the speech setting out changes in Mr Bush's Iraq policy is likely to come in the middle of next week.

Its central theme will be sacrifice.

The speech, the BBC has been told, involves increasing troop numbers.

The exact mission of the extra troops in Iraq is still under discussion, according to officials, but it is likely to focus on providing security rather than training Iraqi forces...

So let's brainstorm what possibilities he could take to prove how serious he is about this "sacrifice." Send the Twins over to USO tours?