An Early Defeat

I shouldn't be shocked. This coming from a man who already said we have lost the war in Iraq.

Top US congressional Democrats bluntly told President George W. Bush Wednesday that his Iraq troop "surge" policy was a failure.

For those who don't keep track of such important matters, the surge, as laid out by General Keane and Frederick Kagan is "possible only with a surge of at least 30,000 combat troops lasting 18 months or so. Any other option is likely to fail."

As well, General Petraeus, the commander of forces in Iraq, says that the surge will begin once all forces have entered. The fifth brigade has finally arrived and the plan to surge the city with troops and quell the violence by meeting and greeting Iraqi families and working along side the Iraqi Police and Army should start this week.

Our fearless leaders in Congress say that "the last two months of the war were the deadliest to date for US troops." This is to be expected because of the amount of soldiers in the area and the operations being conducted. No longer are soldiers living mainly on bases, but among the Iraqis and with the IP's an IA.

The only thing we've lost in this war is our backbone.