Victor Davis Hanson nails another one.

Hie thee hence and read it all.

I'm getting awfully sick of the Left in this country being their normal pessimistic selves when someone else is in charge. It sure wasn't like that right before Somalia, was it? Remember the optimism leading up to that little clusterfuck? Everyone on the Left was enthusiastic that we were going to go help the U.N. (spit) calm the situation down, feed the pore an starvin, become beloved benefactors, etc. etc. ad fucking very nauseum. Sure did seem like a slam dunk, too. Why, if those warlords got out of hand we've got a few light units of the very bestest military in the whole damn world to sort things out!

Never mind the fact that Bill Clinton was, like every Goddamned Democrat for the last fifty years, utterly unqualified to lead a rifle squad to the chow line, much less be Commander in Chief of not one, not two, not three or even four, but five branches of the military. Oh no. That's irrelevent.

And so, heavy armor was left out of the deployment mix, insufficient logistical planning was done, and our boys paid the price.

Where's that optimism now? If anything, there's far more cause for optimism in Iraq than there ever was in Somalia, if for no other reason than that George W. Bush is a far more competent Commander in Chief than Bilious Clinton. Our military is properly equipped, despite all Leftard whining to the contrary, well led, and highly motivated. According to almost everyone actually in Iraq, we're winning the war against the insurgents. According to the traitorous MSM, of course, it's an unwinnable quagmire.

No, I don't buy it. The only unwinnable quagmire I see U.S. forces in is the Balkans.