...a variation on this theme?---- "It may get worse before it gets better," as a description of the violence in Iraq by Bush or one of his Military leaders? Gen. David Petraeus said the same thing today.

"...conditions in Iraq may get harder before they get easier and will require "an enormous commitment" over time by the United States."

Thanks for that new revelation General. I wish I had kept count of the number of times I've heard this before...