"This War is lost..." -- Sen. Harry Reid, Nevada, Senate Majority Leader, 2006

From Eric Dondero:

Here are some poll numbers that you're unlikely to see commented upon over at some of the isolationist/non-interventionist leftwing Libertarian sites like LewRockwell.com, Justin Raimondo's AntiWar.com, Radley Balko's The Agitator, The Free Liberal, or at Reason On-line. You may recall virtually all of these sites and organizations allied with the Left to help defeat Republicans in the 2006 and '08 election cycles over the Iraq War.

Seems Americans have changed their opinions on the War quite substantially since then, from the views expressed by the Democrats and Leftwing Libertarians. By a large majority they don't seem to agree with the sentiment that the "War was lost."

Now this from NBC's Mark Murray via MSNBC:

Here's a final set of numbers from our new NBC/WSJ poll that we find fascinating: 57% say the Iraq war has been successful, versus 40% who say it has been unsuccessful.

It's a reversal from July 2008, when 43% said Iraq was successful, and 53% said it was unsuccessful.

What's more, nearly six in 10 (59%) believe the U.S. has accomplished as much as can be expected in Iraq, and 70% say they approve of President Obama's plan to pull most troops out of Iraq by 2011.

Another recent poll found that 44% of Americans surveyed would prefer George W. Bush as President rather than the current occupant of the White House.

Seems that the Bush legacy is turning out as some on the Right had predicted: He kept us safe, and safe from further terrorist attacks for 7 years.

And he held firm in the dark days of the War, when just about everyone was aligned against him. Bottom line - the Surge worked amazingly well.

Co-Founder, Libertarians for Bush, 2004