I find it ironic that ‘success’ in Iraq is defined by returning to a previous state of hell.  Casualties are at the lowest level since June of last year.

Mission accomplished.

I don’t know about you, but just being a good as you were a year ago doesn’t seem much like meaningful progress to me.  How about zero combat fatalities?  How about returning vital infrastructure to pre war levels?  How about having less than 3,000,000+ refugees?  That is success.  What we have now is a return to the previous levels of failure.