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Generally a good, well-balanced (if short) dispatch until the closing paragraph which is just a cheap throwaway. Shawn is better than that.

Anyone who hasn't heard the "clear delineation of what success in Iraq actually entails" has simply not been listening. I am actually sick of hearing the "clear delineation of... success" from the Administration: establishing a stable, self-sustaining democracy. It has been said over and over ad nauseam.

What's so hard to understand in that? Difficult, very very difficult to accomplish, but not to comprehend. And when I read most soldier blogs they are more than aware that we are on the road to "success" in Iraq. They see the successful elections, the formation of a government, the slow but steady development of Iraqi security forces and, now, the increasing participation of Sunnis in the political process and in-fighting between the Zarqawi thugs and the Sunni thugs. All good signs.

I'm sure Shawn could have talked about these things but he probably is afraid of being perceived as too rah-rah or something and it's so popular nowadays to take a jab at politicians, even if it doesn't ring true.

p>Looking forward to more quality dispatches. br> -- Glen /p>

If, most, perhaps all, of the time the Fourth Estate, here and abroad -- but especially here -- actually reported news rather than its biased opinions and/or its fantasies, then perhaps there would be no partisan tug-of-war about what our troops' morale is or is not.

One thing Mr. Macomber has shown, for certain, is that there's always a difference in the points of view of those out in front, where the action is or could be, and those in the rear echelon. Always.

p>Too bad one particular political party tends to look at things from the rear and the other one still lacks the unity to speak with one voice about what success actually means or will mean in Iraq. br> -- C. Kenna Amos Jr. br> Princeton, West Virginia /p>

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