'Complete Victory'

From Opinionjournal.com:

Bush offers a strategy beyond "staying the course" in Iraq.

Our reading of history is that the American people will accept casualties in a war, even heavy casualties, as long as they think their leaders have a strategy to win. So we were glad to see President Bush yesterday begin what the White House says will be a consistent effort to counter the defeatism toward Iraq that has lately taken over so many American politicians and elites.

Mr. Bush addressed the U.S. Naval Academy, and his aides released a strategy document called "Victory in Iraq." Not subtle, we know, but war demands Presidential repetition more than nuance. And a victory strategy is the only antidote to the rush to the exits that more and more Members of Congress are seeking as they look at the opinion polls.