The surge has worked and it drives Conason crazy. Especially, since both Obama and Clinton opposed it with McCain taking the principled, yet politically risky, position in support of the surge. No, the last six months hasn't ended the war in Iraq - but the future there looks better today than it did before the surge began.

Clinton has said that a precipitous withdrawal would endanger the American civilians living in Iraq and those Iraqi citizens that have been helpful to America in rooting out the insurgents. She is right on this issue. Iraq must be a free, self-governing state allied with the United States in our global war on terror. President Bush had the vision and determination to make this happen and history will reward him even as the small-minded current critics continue sniping at him. 25 million Iraqi citizens and 10 million Afghan citizens live in freedom and have a brighter future today because of President Bush.