As days have gone by without any atrocities in Iraq, the right wing pundits believe that liberals are now in trouble. They see, just as Hazel and Gretel saw the Gingerbread house about 30 minutes after they were into the mushrooms (very old George Carlin joke), the country swinging back to the Republicans. Well, they can see what they want.

I have stated for some time that American troops are the best in the world. We can control any space if given the resources. The purpose of the Surge was to suppress the violence and allow the government to solve some of the deep political problems that they have. Well, we have held up our end of the bargain, the Iraq politicians have not.

Congressman Jack Murtha who just returned from Iraq seems to agree with my thoughts. Here's his released statement.