Wretchard- Once again you hide some of the best stuff in the comments. Thanks for being there to help me sort out this stuff in a civil way. I don’t know what I would do without you.

One irony I have not seen pointed out is the camp that now concludes the surge was not critical to the success of the Anbar Awakening was also the very same that ridiculed “stay the course”. Aren’t they now saying “stay the course” was all that was needed?

A further ironic proposition on offer is the idea that the Democratic threat to withdraw in 2007 was more responsible for positive developments in Iraq than the addition of troops and a better strategy. This from the same people who rejected as the worst kind of divisive rhetoric the argument that their calls for retreat and endless negativity regarding the war might have an encouraging effect upon our enemies.

Do words now speak louder than actions? Let’s hope it really is true if Obama is elected.