Shameless: Harry Reid Claims ‘War is Lost’ Comment Helped Turn Effort Toward Victory

(LV Review-Journal) - "Asked about his 2007 comment in which he proclaimed "This war is lost" while our soldiers were still in Iraq getting their heads shot at and before the so-called "surge" even had begun, Reid today said that his statement was actually a "successful" ploy to force President Bush to refocus on political reconciliation.""