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And I have to agree with you that the current crop of political pacifists would not have fought WWII.

I would think it's more important to look at the fact that we have forgotten how to fight in some ways. There's the joke (that is, unfortunately, not always a joke) that we always prepare to fight the last war. The problem we had in Iraq (one of many) is that we didn't go in with overwhelming force (unlike the first Gulf War). It's compounded by the fact that we are going to have a temporary "surge". All that means is that the Al-Q will change their tactics temporarily and many will lay low until the surge is over. This goes back to Bush not boosting the military size-wise after 9/11, something which I will never understand.

We could easily use another 150,000 troops in Iraq and 50,000 in Afghanistan on a permanent basis (there until we leave).