Paul Begala actually said...

That is such hog wash. That is such a load of garbage from a guy like Richard Lugar, who is a respected thinker on foreign affairs.

The key variable is not American will. It's Iraqi will. And the Iraqis have to decide if they want to have a country or if they want to have...

no military strategy will work unless we have a political strategy on the ground that will actually make these Iraqis want to come together ...

He has got to find a way to move the reality on the ground.