Just about everything. It is perhaps the most successful Military victory in the history of the United States. Stunning in fact. In less than 45 days we captured the entire country.

Granted, it took us longer to get Saddam and Uday and Qusay. (and Zarcawi). But we finally got them.

The War was won when we finally got Saddam. Killing shit-for-brains Zarcawi was icing on the cake.

The Iraqi people love America and especially American soldiers and Marines. They are begging us not to leave.

We’ve liberated the Kurds from the horrible tyranny of Saddam Hussein.

We’ve brought democracy to the Middle East.

It’s a stunning and overwhelming victory on all fronts.

Then again, if you get your news from CBS, CNN, ABC, NPR, DailyKos and the NY Times, you’d never know any of this.

And this morning comes the news that Rudy Giuliani and Hillary are tied at 46% in the Survey USA poll in the State of Wisconsin. As you know, Wisconsin went Kerry in 2004. I think Giuliani can also win New Jersey, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Delaware, and maybe even Pennsylvania.

As a former East Coaster, who is half Italian, I can tell you straight out, Ethnic politics trump everything! Giuliani will win the “Tony Soprano-loving vote” on the East Coast; Ethnic Italians who respect his strength and fortitude.

There’s also a shitload of I-talians in Michigan, which will throw that State into play.

I think the big thing that could cost Giuliani the election is the Libertarian Party.

If the LP runs a standard low level mediocre candidate like Kubby or Phillies, Giuliani wins easily.

If it’s Michael Jingozian, Wayne Root or Ed Thompson, the latter two having substantial amounts of cash, Giuliani loses.

Thompson is especially damaging to Giuliani, since he could win a substantial amount of the vote in Wisconsin. Could be as high as 4 to 5%.

That would put Wisconsin in the Hillary column, and perhaps cost him the entire election.

As a matter of fact, the number of Iraq War supporters has been climbing significantly in recent weeks. So much so, that the NY Times had to take a second poll, cause they didn’t trust the results of the first poll they took, which showed a marked increase among Americans for the War in Iraq since the Surge started.

Hey, WWII wasn’t that popular either, especially around the time of Iwo Jim and the Battle of the Bulge, where America lost tens of thousands of casulaties.

War is never popular.

All those who don’t participate, especially the males, feel guilty about it. So, they have to bring the rest of those who do support the Troops and those doing the actual fighting down to their level. So, they constantly bash War.

It’s a wonder that the numbers of Iraq War supporters are as high as 35%.

With all the constantly bashing by cowardly Americans, and their allies in the media, that number should be down to 10%.

Eric,

Hillary Clinton will be the next president of these United States, regardless of who the GOP puts forth between Giuliani, Thompson, Romney, McCain, or Huckabee.

9/11’s happened in Madrid, London, and several other countries to a smaller degree. But Ed makes a good point, why would terrorists fly to the US and risk getting caught when they can shoot at our own soldiers from their soil?

As for Schools, Clinics, Roads, Water, and recognition of the Iraqi government—is that the US’s business? NO. That money should have been spent on OUR schools, clinics, roads, water, and diplomacy.

No 911? That’s because Bush is saving the terrorists the trouble of coming here to kill Americans. He has us in Iraq.
There is now Al-Qaeda in Iraq where there wasn’t before Saddam. We have alot of wars ahead of us if we’re going to depose every despot in the world.
Let’s not forget the 200.000 U.S. supplied weapons that are missing.
Iraq’s prime minister is already getting cozy with Iran and Syria.There are thousands of Turkish troops on the the Iraqi border ready to go into The Kurdish areas.
Finally the proof that the surge isn’t working is that Hillary says it is working.

From the standpoint of wanting to increase profits for the military-industrial-complex, the war in Iraq is going great. It has already cost the tax payers, what, something like $1 trillion, and there is no end in sight.

This is not suprising since Hillary is a warmonger.

Really? 70 percent of the country doesnt seem to think so.
Oh,and the rest of the world.
Oh, and like 95% of Iraqis.

In fact, explain what HAS gone right in Iraq.