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At almost the precise moment that some leftists were proclaiming Iraq a total loss, a plane carrying the newly printed ballots and ballot boxes for Iraq's first true, democratic, and free election were being unloaded in Baghdad.

As the Iraqi Stock Exchange opened with all the chaos and excitement of the New York Stock Exchange, Rep. Nancy Pelosi was making the statement that our military had made no gains at all in Iraq and that the troops should be pulled out immediately.

When Senator John Kerry sought out a microphone to babble nearly incoherently about benchmarks versus timetables, it was noted that weddings in war-torn Baghdad are on the rise as young couples find they now have the hope of a future in a free Iraq.

Congressman Henry Reid claims the fledgling Iraqi military and police are just using our troops and we should "remove their training-wheels." Reid believes that if left to the Iraqis, American troops would be in Iraq forever protecting them because the Iraqi people are apparently too lazy to protect themselves. Reid simply ignores the thousands of Iraqis that have died trying to do that very thing.

Other leftists claim our troops are seen and hated as an "occupying force" and want us to leave now and never return.

Just a few months ago, the mantra of the leftists was that there were not enough troops in Iraq to do the job, now they say there are too many.

The Iraqi people are used to chaos. For them, life goes on. Yes, there are bombings and kidnappings, murder, mayhem, and death in some areas, but according to Senator Lieberman most Iraqis seem to believe Iraq is better now and will be even better next year. One would never know this by listening to Nancy Pelosi or Congressman John Murtha. For people who think as these two leftists, winning is not an option. In fact, winning is impossible.

Congressman Murtha has declared our military broken and living "hand to mouth." This was news to the U. S. Marine who did a radio interview after returning from his usual Friday night supper of steak and lobster at the Halliburton-run mess hall.

The father of a Marine serving in Iraq stated in an e-mail message that the only piece of equipment his son purchased for himself was his sunglasses because the ones issued just weren't cool enough for Marines. Other than that, he apparently had everything he needed.

Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean made the statement, "The idea that we're going to win the war in Iraq is an idea which is just plain wrong." This statement was made on the very day that Saddam Hussein's trial began in earnest in Baghdad, presided over by men possessing unbelievable courage that the pampered Howard Dean could never understand.

At Saddam's trial, a distraught and crying witness related seeing babies born in prison only to die and be thrown away like garbage. He states that he saw the remains of some poor souls who had been put through a meat grinder and all the while, an American, former Attorney General Ramsey Clark took over Saddam's legal defense urging disruption and chaos in the courtroom.

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