In point of fact, we are winning. The insurgency led by AQ does not represent a military threat to the Iraqi government. They have been foiled in every attempt to prevent the movement towards the formation of a democratic government. Over 8 million Iraqis voted in the latest election. The violence has been exaggerated and doesn't represent what is going on as a whole in a nation of over 25 million people. The naysayers have been predicting dire consequences before we ever entered Iraq and they have been wrong every time. Buckley is buying the MSM version of events.
There has certainly been progress; I guess the question is more a political one: is there much of a future for a multiparty ruling coalition in Iraq? Or will the Shiites simply dominate the Sunnis? I think that is what WFB is reacting to.