re: Self-fulfilling prophecies
It's a universal principle in all of life. A sports team manager who believes his team can't win will have a losing season. A salesman who believes the product won't sell will fail to sell much of it. A military commander who believes the cause is lost will lose the war. A child who's been told that she's stupid will fail in school.
Faith alone won't move mountains, but absence of faith will surely leave the mountain where it is. Positive thinking doesn't always produce results, but negative thinking always produces failure.
So, how do you feel about pulling out of Iraq, again?