Tale Of The Tape

Within the last several years, the DFH (dirty f@#king hippies) have consistently predicted no end to the war in Iraq. Despite what Pentagon officials, administration officials, and pundits have been saying, the DFH's have been right. One subset prediction was that the "surge" was nothing more than an escalation. From today's headline:

BAGHDAD - Americans have opened nearly 1,000 new graves to bury U.S. troops killed in Iraq since Memorial Day a year ago. The figure is telling — and expected to rise in coming months.

In the period from Memorial Day 2006 through Saturday, 980 soldiers and Marines died in Iraq, compared to 807 deaths in the previous year. And with the Baghdad security operation now 3 1/2 months old, even President Bush has predicted a difficult summer for U.S. forces.

The DFH's were right again ..... unfortunately.

So looking forward, does anyone really think the punditry and it's conventional wisdom is right about the future of the war?

Update: Stories like this are depressing:

Previously, the military arranged to fly the remains of Sonoma County soldiers and Marines killed in Iraq to San Francisco or Oakland, then had the caskets transported the rest of the way home by hearse.

This time, Santa Rosa Mortuary Eggen & Lance Chapel mortician and military veteran Bill Grafe mentioned to a Department of the Army official in Virginia that Schober's remains could be flown directly to Santa Rosa. The official said, "You have an airport?" [Typical, the Pentagon can't figure out where airports are]

Now that the military mortuary service is aware there's a Sonoma County airport, we hope it won't ever again have cause to use it.