The quote of the day comes from Army Lieutenant Colonel (retired) Ralph Peters writing in the New York Post:
There will be setbacks. There will be further violence. And, sadly, there will be an uptick in American casualties. But the fact remains that the war in Iraq has been turned around — thanks to Gen. Petraeus and his troops, who took the fight to the enemy, and to President Bush’s willingness to risk all by changing course.
They all understand that America cannot afford to lose this struggle.
Some of those who hope to be taking the presidential oath of office come next January understand this, too. That none of them happens to be a Democrat speaks loudly to the decline of a political party that once understood that eternal vigilance is indeed the price of freedom.