[GeorgefromGeorgia]

As usual VDH has a vision of the "Big Picture." While Iraq is something of a mess, and W is seeking something of a course correction, I suspect that W can give Iraq two more years to get its military and police up to speed, so if the RATs win in 08 that they will be able to maintain a stable government.
Redeployment (cut and run) as proposed by most RATs is akin to surrender.

[MNJohnnie]

Here are the facts on Iraq. It is not a mess or a quagmiere or a disaster. It is a war. A war we are well on our way to winning.

Welcome American Leftist to the messy reality that War does not work like a Rambo Movie.

Here is the problem the American Conservative movement has from a PR Standpoint. They accept the terms of the debate imposed on them by the Leftists. The Leftists make wacko charge after wacko charge then we turn and argue with them from their absurd framework. We try to argue that well it only a little mess, or it a mess but we can fix it or it;s a mess but it would be worse if we leave.

Instead let us speak truth to whiners and point out to the Leftists why their accusations and assumptions about Iraq are absurd nonsense.


http://icasualties.org/oif/


http://icasualties.org/oif/IraqiDeaths.aspx


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraqi_Security_Forces