If a Democrat had said it …

… I’m sure we’d be hearing all sorts of pissing and moaning about “defeatism” and “being soft on terror” and all that.

But since GOP honcho (and probably ’08 candidate) Bill Frist said it …

QALAT, Afghanistan — U.S. Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist said Monday that the Afghan war against Taliban guerrillas can never be won militarily and urged support for efforts to bring “people who call themselves Taliban” and their allies into the government.

The Tennessee Republican said he learned from briefings that Taliban fighters were too numerous and had too much popular support to be defeated on the battlefield.

Depressing, if true … but most noteworthy for who’s saying it, and what the official (non?)reaction will be.