[Cedric]

That's the point: We're in a new kind of war, so forecasting timetables was {and still is} silly.

By any objective measure, we're winning. But it's easy to lie about the current status of our effort and that's exactly what the Left is doing.

[traderrob6]

I'm not saying that we are not winning, far from it. What I am saying is that the majority of the electorate perceives we are not winning and perception trumps reality every time.