After 4 years, a new plan is installed (NOT thought up by Rumsfeld, but by a real general)--and even though 4 brigades haven't even gotten there yet---some actual progress can be observed--The Dems have based their political fortunes on the anti-war stance, and you MUST admit, if the US were to win..the Dems would be fluffied--the are invested in our actual, or perceived, defeat, and the more things look otherwise, the more shrill their "We have to get out NOW" chants become