A commenter responds:The Iraq war is lost. Of course, neither the president nor the war's intellectual architects are prepared to admit this. Nonetheless, the specter of defeat shapes their thinking in telling ways.
The case for the war is no longer defined by the benefits of winning -- a stable Iraq, democracy on the march in the Middle East, the collapse of the evil Iranian and Syrian regimes -- but by the consequences of defeat. As President Bush put it, "The consequences of failure in Iraq would be death and destruction in the Middle East and here in America."
Pathetic. More pathetic, though, is why liberals are so eager for American to lose. You're all such self-loathing wimps wringing your hands over every little perceived problem. You're so deluded by Bush Derangement Syndrome that you'd just as soon as see American lose if only it'll make Bush look bad.This is the entire debate in a nutshell. Those on the left read the tea-leaves for signs of change while the right thumps its collective chest and says fight on.
