Nor can the stunning success of the Iraqi military and police be dismissed by you or Mr. Buckley simply saying "They've failed."
If you look closely, you may observe that I didn't say that.
Nor do I believe it.
My reference, and I believe Buckley's, was to events in the last few days only. They are very scary, perhaps even scary enough to induce the Iraqis to pull back from the brink of civil war.