People pay for what they do, and still more for what they have allowed themselves to become. And they pay for it very simply; by the lives they lead.
The President's speech suggested to me that were we to follow his leadership, we will be in Iraq not for months, but for years. I also hope I am wrong on this.
When suffering knocks at your door and you say there is no seat for him, he tells you not to worry because he has brought his own stool.