Maureen Dowd's View on the Iraq Senate Hearings

The always excellent Maureen Dowd gives her view from the Senate floor during the hearings on Iraq. Is the surge working, what can we hope to accomplish and just why is the president of Iran more popular there than we are? All excellent points discussed in her Sunday column.

A confused Chuck Hagel asked the pair: “So, where’s the surge? What are we doing? I don’t see Secretary Rice doing any Kissinger-esque flying around. Where is the diplomatic surge? ... So, where is the surge? What are you talking about?”