Pulling out of Iraq

Most Americans are unhappy that we're in Iraq, but most believe it would be a mistake to pull out too soon. A fascinating viewpoint on NPR's Morning Edition today from a retired general and former director of the National Security Agency. Gen. William Odom says it will be a mess no matter when we leave and, in fact, we're making the situation worse as long as we are there. Says he: "The best way to get out of a hole is to stop digging the hole."

Odom makes an especially cogent point of how going into Iraq best served the purposes of al Queda and Iran.