In reading this morning's paper I saw former Alaska Senator Mike Gravel's speech that he made in Anchorage yesterday where he said: "There is no solution. The mistake was made the day George Bush invaded Iraq."

I don't often agree with Gravel- he is a bit over the top for me - but that is the view I keep coming back to- for the Democrats, or anybody, to come up with a good plan to leave Iraq is almost impossible. It is what makes the whole thing so tragic.