If The Public Is Pessimistic, Maybe It's The Press's Fault

As we mop up the remnants of Moqtada al Sadr's army of rabble, the story get's scant attention. Former hotspots like Fallujah are thoroughly pacified.

Podoretz asks, "Sadr's uprising two months ago was the moment at which even passionate supporters of the war and proponents of the success in achieving civil order began to grow terrified that somehow the United States might actually lose in Iraq. So shouldn't the fact that we're routing him be grounds for some optimism?"