"War is not poker; the stakes in Iraq are much higher than a little money or a few chips. But war’s psychology bears some resemblance to a well-played game of cards. The only way Americans lose this war is to fold. That seems likely to be the next move, but it is the last thing we should do. Far better to call and raise. Our cards are better than theirs, if only we have the nerve to play them."
Harvard law professor William J. Stuntz in the Weekly Standard.
Via Instapundit
THE TEXAS SCRIBBLER 
why win when you can indulge yourself in a combination bath of self-loathing and preening self-righteousness that makes you feel superior to the cattle who comprise most of the population? why win when you can go back to the halcyon days of the late 1970’s, when veterans were moral lepers and everyone knew that America was always wrong? why not lose, if it will bring disco and lime green leisure suits back in style? The world wonders…
Oh, g-d, not lime green leisure suits! The rest of it, well, I guess we’re going to have to watch as the Dems self-destruct. Of course ’twill be easier out here in flyover country than as close to ground zero as you are. Keep your head down.