The war in Iraq continues and the opinions are plethora. Four years into the war we are still debating why we’re at war, how we got there, and how to win.

Robert Novak looks at Chuck Hagel, a man he says “represents millions of Republicans who are repelled by the Democrats' personal assault on President Bush but are deeply unhappy about his course in Iraq.”

Niall Ferguson looks at the consequences of ignoring the reality of the war at home. If we want to keep spending money and making no sacrifices, history tells us that we’re in for some consequences.

The New York Times asks why, after all of this time, we are still in the dark about exactly how the decision to go to war with Iraq was come to. That is just one example of the many myths and dissimulations the Bush administration uses to keep its government opaque.

Andrew C. McCarthy wants Tennet to be honest: “If you want to say we shouldn’t have gone to Iraq, and should have anticipated the present chaos there, fair enough. But at least have the honesty to say you’d prefer the alternative: A Saddam Hussein, emboldened from having faced down the United States and its sanctions, loaded with money, arming with WMDs, and coddling jihadists.”

Arianna Huffington wonders why George Tenet didn’t come forward with his story of how the Iraq war was sold sooner. “The honorable train left the station a long time ago,” she says, “and Tenet wasn't on board.”