Allow me to make one comment. I think the line is appropriate. Not due to insensitivity to the supreme sacrifice that some soldiers have made, but by way of evaluating the comments on the left that Bush failed to plan for and win the Peace. This is all while the US Cities controlled by Democrats (including) Washington DC have repeatedly failed to plan for and win the Peace. During the same period we lost troops, they have had more people murdered in each of their cities. It is all too bad, but the point that should not be lost is that it is the Democrats that accuse Bush of what they are guilty of here.
I think in a reasonable amount of time it will get better in Iraq, but I'll bet that it only gets worse in these Cities.
Perceptive comment. Here are the various muder rates, per a December 29, 2003 article in the New York Post:
New York ----------- 7 murders per 100,000
Boston ------------- 10 murders per 100,000
Los Angeles ------- 17 murders per 100,000
Philadelphia ------- 19 murders per 100,000
Chicago ------------ 22 murders per 100,000
Washington,DC --- 46 murders per 100,000
Baghdad (July) ---- 19.5 murders per 100,000
Baghdad (Oct.) ----- 5.0 murders per 100,000
Bless our military and their Iraqi allies for the job they are doing.
In the US, Giuliani showed the way, but the Dems lag far behind.