ARTICLE: Bush Faces Pressure to Shift War Priorities, By Michael Abramowitz and Peter Baker, Washington Post, December 17, 2007; Page A01

The pressure here is real and growing, yet another reason why the drawdown in Iraq has long been a done deal--successful surge or not.

We are indeed heading back toward the zero hour of this administration: threat-wise, we're coming back to roughly 9/11, only this time we're paying attention and the military is focused on the source point.