Is this a question?

There are softballs and softballs, now this one from D.Post's Harsayni slobbering over the Undersecretary for War Policy:

Was the quick erosion of the public's confidence in the Iraq War effected by a lack of articulation and communication from the administration about what to expect and what the goals were?

Two stoopid things in a row:

• Conservatives who think the only problem with Iraq is that the Administration didn't do a good enough job articulating its goals.
• The idea that there are only two alternatives, "winning" in Iraq or setting an artificial timetable to leave.