When Is A Good Time?

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said yesterday that the war in Iraq can not be won by military means.

"I believe myself that the secretary of state, secretary of defense and -you have to make your own decisions as to what the president knows -- (know) this war is lost and the surge is not accomplishing anything as indicated by the extreme violence in Iraq yesterday," said Reid, D-Nevada.

The republicans wasted no time accusing the democrats of not supporting the troops.

"I can't begin to imagine how our troops in the field, who are risking their lives every day, are going to react when they get back to base and hear that the Democrat leader of the United States Senate has declared the war is lost," said Senate GOP leader Mitch McConnell, R-Kentucky.

I don't think the troops hearing that the war is lost would be upset or surprised by that statement. They should know better than anyone. I think they would have been more upset about their deployments being lengthened from twelve to fifteen months.

Larry Kudlow, blogging at The Corner, was righteously indignant about Reid's statement.

So, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid declared yesterday that the U.S. has officially “lost” the war in Iraq. Well, I’ve got a problem with that statement.
At this point, declaring the Iraq war lost is not only factually incorrect, it
is incredibly demoralizing for our troops whose lives are on the line.

Is there any point at which it would be okay? How much longer does this have to go on before you can say it's over. Every conservative leader and Joe Lieberman have been saying "just six more months" for the last two years.

He then opened mouth and inserted large foot, figuratively of course.

Let's remember that this isn't the Dems' first stab at undermining our war effort. Initially, Harry Reid & Co. were attempting to telegraph to our enemy precisely when we would withdraw our troops. That’s unheard of in the history of warfare. Now, even worse, they’re out saying the war is lost. Huh? Where’s General Grant now we need him? Where’s Robert E. Lee?

Am I missing something here? Is he saying that our present military leaders are not getting the job done? Does he want Lee running the insurgency and fighting against a present day Grant?

How about this question Larry. Where is Abraham Lincoln? We could use him now, hell, we could use Herbert Hoover right about now.

Jim M