What happens when the military doesn't agree with the hawks

The Democrats have started to make overtures to developing a spine, or at least something resembling one, by proposing a firm fall-2008 withdrawal of troops from Iraq.

Of course,almost as soon as it had been announced, House Republican Leader John Boehner attacked the measure, using the classic "it'll only help our enemies" line, which of course assumes they aren't already winning.

Or even that we could ever win. For, Mr. "I can only hope that's pronounced how it looks" Boehner noted that "Gen. Petraeus [the U.S. commander of forces in Iraq] should be the one making the decisions on what happens on the ground in Iraq, not Nancy Pelosi or John Murtha."

Interesting you should say that, my good sir. So what does Gen. Petraeus have to say about the war? Let's ask him:

"There is no military solution to a problem like that in Iraq, to the insurgency of Iraq," Petraeus said.

Well, sounds good to me.