According to the Washington Post, General David Petraeus has

assembled a small band of 'warrior-intellectuals' to advise him

in an eleventh-hour effort to reverse the downward trend in

the Iraq War. General Petraeus, who swears he still believes

in Santa Claus, says he found them under the Christmas tree

last December, along with an Erector Set, some Silly Putty, a

Red Ryder BB Gun, and a canister of Lincoln Logs.