The glee in some posts about the failures in Iraq practically oozes from the monitor. If you're not seeing it here, you're not paying attention.

Watching a train wreck is one thing. Standing by the side of the tracks eagerly waiting for one to happen is a pathology.

Eric must have almost giggled as he posted that car bombing news, which has, if the news reports are any indication, had exactly the effect the terrorists intended on the useful idiots in our country.

You really don't think al Qaeda sets off these bombs because they are trying to keep marketplace attendance down, do you?

I still hope we can win. I'm well aware of the odds.

For some here, a victory would be the worst possible outcome, and frankly, I'm tired of having to point out motivations that have been as self-evident as a battleship in a bathtub for over three years now. The protestations are laughable.