THE NEO-CONS LOVE THE IRAQ WAR SO MUCH...

that they have set up a non-profit to convince us how great it is, The Insititute for the Study of War. Headed by Kimberly Kagan, it attempts to protray Iraq in the most positive way. Despite the fact that Maliki lost the confrontation with Al-Sadr and the Iraqi military has been revealed as a paper tiger, these idiots still insist otherwise:

As the dust settles Basra, the outcome of the offensive and the state of the enemy remain unclear. At the same time, the clashes that erupted in Baghdad and elsewhere across southern Iraq in response to the Basra offensive are quite revealing. Indeed, recent events in Baghdad, the Five Cities area, and Dhi Qar province are important to grasp not only because they explain the nature of the enemy system in southern Iraq but also because they demonstrate the capacity of the Iraqi Security Forces.