Also tomorrow is Ron and Carol's 51st anniversary, so be sure to chip in some $$$ tomorrow.
The troops have done a great job no doubt about it. I just don't think we can ever change the conditions which AQ's flourish in except to make it uninhabitable for them. Second best is to sit back and let them go at it with each other. Some of the fault has to lie with the Iraqi's themselves though for letting tyrants take hold to start with. The bad part is we as a nation are headed down the same path it seems. I do think persons underestimate what Ron Paul would do if we had to go to war. It would be over said and done with the prejudice required.
Looking back on all the great battlefield commanders from the American Revolution through WW2, how many would have put up with this? My guess is very few.