Yeah, yeah, yeah...the U.S. departure from Iraq was always going to be declared a defeat by its enemies, including those in the MSM and the Democratic party. Iraq could be another Garden of Eden and one kid stubbing his toe would be declared proof that the U.S. left the place worse than under Saddam. We'd be in trouble if the measure of victory was other people's hot air, but it isn't.
Consider the source, and remember that Egypt has a national celebration for it's great victory over Israel in the 1973 war annually to this day. After all, they lasted a week.