Good Iraq news is bad for activists

It is said that the winners in war write the history. And, inescapably, peace always follows war. War should not be waged simply to achieve a peace, but history tells that the nature of mankind makes war inevitable and that peace is always a byproduct. Sometimes, the dynamics of a situation make fighting a war now make more sense than fighting a war later. The so-called Axis of Evil in World War II are now all allies of the United States. I find it curious that many anti-war, or liberal, activists are not welcoming the indisputably good news that is coming out of Iraq. By any metric, violent attacks are less than half of what they were a year ago and trending distinctively downward. After all, this kind of news should energize those who claim their true concern is the safety of our troops as it portends the return of them to the U.S. Yet, it also means that we are slowly winning the Iraq war and that conclusion does not fit the template of those who claim the war is a disaster. If the war is not a quagmire and winnable, that would make them...well, wrong. Watch as they move the goalposts and deny the successes even when the news continues to be good, the security responsibilities continue to be shifted to the Iraq people, and our troops begin a steady exodus. My guess is that these activists will conveniently dismiss the military's years of efforts, including the recent Surge operation, and will instead try to claim that their whining, not the military, made our victory possible. Of course, such a lie is mind numbingly absurd and despicable, but let's see if they hijack our media and write the history to fit their political agenda.