If there is one thing that will scare the terrorists in Iraq, it is a resolution coming out of the House that says, "we are determined to win in Iraq". Of course, they assume we are determined to win! We have spent billions and sacrificed scores of soldiers in the process... Can you imagine the terrorists reading a New York Times and seeing that officially Congress wants America to win! Uh oh! We are doomed!... No Member of Congress wants the U.S. to lose in Iraq. Some think the instability we caused there is no longer worth the lives of American soldiers nor billions more from the American tax payer. There has to be a line somewhere. Conservatives may see it at one point, liberals at another. During Vietnam, Democrats could not see where to draw the line, while Republicans knew it must be drawn even if it meant defeat. Today, it is sort of vice-versa: Republicans don't want to worry about whether or not it is worth it for political purposes, while more and more Democrats are gradually saying enough is enough... There is obviously not a right answer to this dilemma. How can you weigh an American soldier's life with instability in a far away nation? Though this is vague crisis, overly politicizing it only rubs it in that our strategy is Iraq has been poor. Why the hell would the most powerful country in the world need a resolution to officially declare something that everyone in its country and in the world knew all along: America wants to win... Just for the record, I would like to see how many of you die-hard patriots are willing to support an indefinitely long war in Iraq. Is 5 years not long enough? How about 10? 30? When does supporting a quagmire turn from patriotic to irrational?... Again, there is no right answer as to when we should leave or how long we should stay, but to overly politicize the crisis for political gain for the 2006 election cannot be considered patriotic, can it?!... *** Yes I choose to be anonymous on this blog for professional reasons. Posting on blogs is like writing letters to the editors in your local paper. Not everyone is confortable with putting their name on an opinion which may interfere with their non-partisan career, that's why many choose to post on blogs anonymously. Unless I am breaking some rules or attacking people, I don't see how this is a problem. Perhaps some of you don't like to hear dissenting views. If that's the case, go ahead of disable the anonymous function.