Lower Body Counts DON'T Indicate "Winning"

...the suggestion that a shift or fall in the pattern of violence indicates that the U.S. is “winning” in Iraq betrays the same lack of understanding of dynamics in that country as was so evident in the original decision to invade and occupy Iraq.

That and lots more by Tony Karon at the link. Inquiring minds should go read what he says.

I don't have the patience to parse or explain. Too many people already have their minds made up...mostly the same people who believed the party line coming out of Washington when the Iraq adventure began. Many of them still think there is a connection between Iraq and the attack on the World Trade Center.