"how many lives will it take 'til we know...?"

An excellent column out of Philadelphia today exploring the link between sadistic abuse of Iraqi prisoners and the shocking beheading of 26-year-old American, Nick Berg and why the time has come to "get the hell out":

"But I have a question: What will it take? More charred American bodies hung from bridges? More videotaped decapitations?

Just how much disgust and outrage must build before the White House and our "I'm-a-war-president" admit mistakes and face the ugly truth that so much in Iraq spins so wildly out of control?

Isn't it enough to squander every drop of international sympathy in the wake of 9/11 by attacking a nation with a "coalition" of Tony Blair and such international giants as Estonia and Honduras, the latter of which, by the way, is pulling its 370 troops out?

Isn't it enough to have waged war without that uranium from Niger or 9/11 ties to Saddam or WMDs or anything resembling a sensible exit plan - or even anything palpable gained?

Doesn't somebody somewhere along the line of command have to go? For misinformation about WMDs, for miscalculating costs (human and monetary), for misjudging outcomes, for supervising the sadistic treatment of prisoners."