Hunkered down in the green zone - building schools while they blow us up is not winning.
Americans don't fear war but there is a sense since we are not moving forward, we are behind.
Our rules of engagement seems to be more like the british the Americans.
Actually the British were far more brutal occupiers.
Anyway, if there is a sense that "not moving forward" = "losing", that's our problem. We've got to get rid of that attitude.