From Captain Ed:

It’s an interesting advance look at the Petraeus testimony due on September 11th. Combined with the announcement of an agreement among Iraq’s political factions on political reform, it will make a formidable case for continuing on the mission. Democrats will have a difficult time asking for retreat just when obvious progress can be seen.

Yes, they put all their chips on America’s defeat. But they’ve been playing a losing hand.

[Update in the afternoon]

Anyone who claims that “the surge” was a mistake should read this piece from the Times of London. My only complaint about it this sentence:

Captain Patriquin played a little-known but crucial role in one of the few American success stories of the Iraq war.

No, it’s not one of the “few” American success stories of the Iraq war. It’s just one of the few that you’ve actually reported.