Okay, you see, there's these leftovers from the original government trying to get the country back. They've been killing Iraqis who don't want them back. In large numbers. They killed Iraqis for trying to vote for a new government. The present Iraqi security forces aren't quite up to stopping them on their own yet, just like the South Korean army by itself would have a hard time defeating a North Korean invasion, or the German army by itself would have had a hard time defeating the Soviets.

Am I going too fast for you?

If these were U.N. troops helping Iraq out, you and/or a number of other liberals would probably think that was perfectly wonderful, because...well...because that's how your minds work.

You might be one of those I've seen in the past day or two whose brain might not survive a real success in Iraq.