In Response to: The first is: what does victory Iraq look like and how long do you think it will take to get there? Is victory a strong stable secular democracy? What would the levels of violence need to be at in order to withdraw troops, roughly equivalent to American society, does it need to […]

In Response to: Second, could you point me to another example in history in which this type of war strategy has worked? Arguments from history sort of stink because you always have to make arguments by analogy, but useful examples seem to be the American Revolution, American Reconstruction, American-Filipino War, Soviet-Afghan War and the Algerian […]

Have you seen this Fox News poll? Nearly one in five Democrats say the world will be better off if the United States loses the war. One in five — so like 20% — of the Democrats. What was the other one, 35% of Democrats think that Bush knew about 9/11, now we have 20% […]

“The number of American troops and Iraqi civilians killed in the war fell in September to levels not seen in more than a year. The US military said the lower count was at least partly a result of new strategies and 30,000 additional forces deployed this year,” i.e., the surge is working. Also yesterday: Locals […]

From the Washington Post today: “Most in Poll Want War Funding Cut; Bush’s Approval Rating Ties All-Time Low.” So the liberals out there keep running this poll ruse. You see, Democrats? The public wants you to cut off the funds, it says here. So do it! I mean, if the public wants the funds to […]