Well it looks like the White House is trying everything to get out of the slump including this little gem:

BLACKBURN, England (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice accepted on Friday the United States had probably made thousands of errors in Iraq but defended the overall strategy of removing Saddam Hussein.

Local Muslims and anti-war activists told Rice to “Go Home” when British counterpart Jack Straw earlier led her on a tour of his home town of Blackburn in the industrial northwest, an area which rarely plays host to overseas politicians.

“Yes, I know we have made tactical errors, thousands of them,” she said in answer to a question over whether lessons had been learned since the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq in 2003.

Sure there are mistakes. Of course what does it really do to the fatcats in Washington. The people who pay for those mistakes are the soldiers, their families and the citizens of Iraq. That is something that the White House has a problem recognizing.

It has taken them three years to even admit mistakes, will it be another three to repair them? I would have to say so since that is when we will have someone new in the White House – someone who is hopefully competent.