WTF Is It Now?!?

Ummm, yet another new course?
Greaaaaat... None of Awol mcFuckinstein's goals for Iraq are likely to be met, so instead they're trying to come up with "alternative evidence of progress." In other words, "Look, squirrels!"

Now, as U.S. combat deaths have escalated, violence has spread far beyond Baghdad and sectarian political divides have deepened, the administration must persuade lawmakers to use more flexible, less ambitious standards.

Constantly changin' tactics to achieve a strategic goal, huh?

"There are things going on that we never could have foreseen," said one official, who argued that the original benchmarks set by Bush six months ago — and endorsed by the al-Maliki government — are not only unachievable in the short term but also irrelevant to changing conditions in Iraq.

Heckuva job, Shithead.