[SJackson]

The key difference is that there are demands on the Iraqi government. They must deliver or else. Pelosi and the rest, want it to fail or they will suffer politically.

There are, and it will be an Iraqi failure, though a costly one for us. And plenty of Americans want them to fail.

[Anti-Bubba182]

The biggest problem for our war aims in Iraq is that after the election, the enemy knows all they have to do is hold on and they will win. In the form of those who took the trouble to show up, a plurality of US electorate surrendered and the Democrats are playing it for all it is worth.