We are going to defeat the Iraqi insurgents, and we are going to accomplish what we set out to do!

My fellow Rockheads. That movement you have been detecting underfoot over the past few days is the earth shaking. And the reason that the earth is shaking, is because some are beginning to say that we can achieve our goals in Iraq. Finally, people are beginning to think about Iraq in a logical manner, leaving politics and personal feelings out of the equation.

Can it be? Is America beginning to understand the consequences of leaving Iraq undone? It must be so. I'm beginning to see articles offering hope.

It is far too early to tell if this idea will catch on, and of course there is that stubborn, reflexive, unthinking element on the far left determined to relive the "glory days" of the anti Vietnam War movement. Never mind the fact that we were beating the shit out of the enemy in Vietnam, and the ONLY reason we did not win there is because we gave up. Lets hope the America is coming to that realization about Iraq.

Insurgencies take a long time to put down because the insurgents objective is so easy. All they have to do is create doubt long enough that the counter insurgents give up. Some car bombs here, a few midnight murders there, and they have the American public ready to throw in the towel in no time. But maybe, people are coming around to the President's way of thinking.

George W. Bush, while maybe not the most intelligent president we have ever had, certainly is the most determined since Lincoln. I admire his determination and his ability to keep faith while those around him crumble, criticize and complain.

What folly it would be to give up on Iraq after investing what we have to date! My friends, we are winning in Iraq. The insurgents control very little ground in Iraq, they have to hide and operate in secrecy. They have to threaten and murder to stay in the game. They have no conventional Army to speak of, how are they going to control the urban areas? All insurgencies have to move from the insurgency and guerrilla operations into conventional military operations sooner or later, the insurgents in Iraq don't have such a force. We will out last them if we have the will to see it through.

The newspapers tell of an insurgency getting the hell beat out of it over the past week, with hundreds of enemy killed and captured. And of the cleric Muktada Al Sadr ready to cooperate with the realization that with the additional troops on the way the handwriting is on the wall. Rather than giving up and going home as the insurgents were counting on, and as the mindless anti war cabal has been screaming about, when all is said and done George Bush is sending MORE troops? I think that maybe the insurgents are beginning to realize that they miscalculated the determination of President Bush and the United States Military!

My friends, the fastest way to bring this operation to a close and to get our troops back home is to get on board and support our troops, support the president and bring Operation Iraqi Freedom to an historic and successful close.