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To: Sully- who wrote (61508)	8/1/2007 5:12:45 PM
From: Sully-	Respond to of 90947

Invested in defeat Mark Steyn The Corner The Washington Post headlines this story: << "Clyburn: Positive Report by Petraeus Could Split House Democrats on War" >> But James Clyburn, the House Majority Whip, actually goes a little further than that: <<< Many Democrats have anticipated that, at best, Petraeus and U.S. ambassador to Iraq Ryan Crocker would present a mixed analysis of the success of the current troop surge strategy, given continued violence in Baghdad. But of late there have been signs that the commander of U.S. forces might be preparing something more generally positive. Clyburn said that would be "a real big problem for us." >>> There is a slightly surreal quality to the way this story is written. Presumably there is a real Iraq somewhere far away where real people live real lives. But both the reporters and the Democrats gaily assume that the only "Iraq" that matters is the ersatz battleground within the Beltway. Nonetheless, even in those terms, Mr Clyburn's observation is remarkable: Good news from the front is bad news for the Democratic Party. In how many wars fought by democratic countries has the majority party in the legislature announced that its political interests require national defeat? UPDATE: Brian Faughnan of The Weekly Standard thinks the Post lads were a bit unfair to Congressman Clyburn, and draws attention to his comparatively pro-victory remarks immediately afterwards in the full video. That puts some clear blue water between Clyburn and, say, his colleague Nancy Boyda. corner.nationalreview.com washingtonpost.com weeklystandard.com washingtonpost.com usnews.com