Are We Winning Yet?

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Hmmm... don't figure out what we're doing wrong, just let's not tell people the bad news... :: sigh ::

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Well, it sure is nice to see how much progress we are making in training the Iraqi forces. At this rate, we'll be celebrating Disneyland's 75th anniversary before we see any troops come home.

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The number of Iraqi army battalions that can fight insurgents without U.S. and coalition help has dropped from three to one, top U.S. generals told Congress yesterday, adding that the security situation in Iraq is too uncertain to predict large-scale American troop withdrawals anytime soon.

Gen. George W. Casey Jr., who oversees U.S. forces in Iraq, said there are fewer Iraqi battalions at "Level 1" readiness than there were a few months ago. Although Casey said the number of troops and overall readiness of Iraqi security forces have steadily increased in recent months, and that there has not been a "step backwards," both Republican and Democratic senators expressed deep concern that the United States is not making enough progress against a resilient insurgency.

How exactly is this not a step backwards?