We see it here, with the pronouncements of the end of the world now that the democrats are in charge.
I think it's terrible the democrats are in charge, and I worked to avoid it, but I don't expect the world to come to an end, nor will I spend the next day, month, or year fretting about how I am powerless to make things go they way I want it to go.
That's a healthy attitude, I think. It's my perception that the ones who are really going to suffer are the citizens of Iraq, if the Dems succeed in pulling our troops out. Iraq will then be taken over by whichever tyrant is strongest, and the slaughter of pro-democracy Iraqis will begin.