The "Petraeus report" might have convinced most Republicans, but not everybody.

"For months, President Bush has been promising an honest accounting of the situation in Iraq, a fresh look at the war strategy and a new plan for how to extricate the United States from the death spiral of the Iraqi civil war," The New York Times opened. "The nation got none of that yesterday from the Congressional testimony by Gen. David Petraeus, the top military commander in Iraq, and Ambassador Ryan Crocker. It got more excuses for delaying serious decisions for many more months, keeping the war going into 2008 and probably well beyond.

Sacramento Bee: "Petraeus and Crocker made it clear they see no need to recalibrate U.S. strategy in Iraq. So the choice remains: continue our current open-ended, ill-defined "stay the course" commitment in Iraq, with troop levels of 130,000 -- or begin a responsible, gradual withdrawal in concert with a serious diplomatic offensive."

The Guardian (London): "It was not Petraeus the professional soldier we were seeing yesterday, but Petraeus the political salesman, and his pitch - give us more time and the plan for regaining stability will work - is no longer credible."

Well it is nice to see that not ALL of the MSM is so easily dazzled by a military uniform and a chest full of decorations.