look at WHY they want to end this war

Perhaps I'm naive, but it disturbs me that republican "elder statesmen" are now urging Bush to end the war on purely political grounds. The only disaster they're able to see, or communicate to him, is the disaster for their party. But the catastrophe for our country, for generations to come, they remain blind to. They don't acknowledge the fallen troops. or the half-a-million Iraqis killed. or the danger of "blow-back" terrorism. or the damage to our alliances. or the bankrupting of our treasury. It's just, "Save our party, Mr. President".