AUSTIN BAY: “I don’t believe in happy endings, merely a respite before the next struggle, However, this Millennium War has reached and passed a crucial midpoint. All but the most recalcitrant, calcified and now laughable naysayers in the West suddenly recognize the pragmatism of American idealism.”

UPDATE: Over on his blog, Austin notes some important information from Gen. Abizaid.

I got an email last fall from a guy at CENTCOM who said that every time Abizaid came back from Iraq he seemed ever-more-cheerful. It’s looking as if he had reason.