You say, <"The war is slowly being won. And Iraqis are going to win it"> and I sincerely hope you are correct.

The operative part of this is that IF the Iraqi situation is being won, it requires the Iraqis to win or lose it. This is NOT a US or a Bush administration call.

Beyond question the actions of this administration have created change. Keep in mind, not all change is for the good as we define it, and we cannot define it for the Iraqi people.

A Theocratic state in Iraq would not be good according to our perceptions of the good. A fragmented, Balkanized state would spell the end of Iraq and a new muliplicity of governing possibilities with unknown characteristics and tendencies in the area.

These are the "interesting times" warned about in terms of Lao Tsu.

Publius