I was amazed by this, to say the least. It's especially noteworthy on a day when Bush spokesman Steve Schmidt said "John Kerry's latest position on Iraq is to advocate retreat and defeat in the face of terror."
Of course, this is Novak we're talking about here, and he's had an axe to grind with the neocons for a while now, so this may just be speculation of the idlest kind by a disgruntled current employee source. I mean, Wolfowitz advocating getting out? That would be stunning.
Aside from all that, I got a real chuckle out of your use of the "whether or not it has been rebuilt" qualifier. I don't think anyone, including Bilmore's optimistic friend Captain Ed, believes the place will be rebuilt by next year...
et make clear that i mean rebuilt in a fix-the-buildings sense, not in some nebulous the-nation-is-rebuilt sense. I don't want any easterners to get a 3 hour head start on a flame war tomorrow morning ("OH YES WE CAN REBUILD IT BY NEXT WEEK, AND HERE'S WHY!") based on something I didn't mean...I'd prefer to save that for when I'm around....
