I know him only from what he posts here.
And as I have said before, after a couple of hundred posts on a subject, you can pretty well tell what side of an issue somebody is on.
Anybody who thinks Donald is actually hoping for a positive outcome in Iraq, after incessantly posting the negative aspect of almost every single story related to that war for many months, is insulting my intelligence.
A person hoping for a positive outcome would be looking for positive news. That's human nature. What people choose to post here over a long period of time shows what they believe, what they think is important, and what they hope for.