He Has Spoken

Our President has spoken.

The War on Terror in Iraq and Afghanistan fell off the winning track late last year. With that comes the inevitable...sending even more troops to Iraq. National Guard members based in Minnesota will make up more than 1/10th of the 20,000 additional troops deployed to Iraq in the coming months.

Sending more troops to Iraq means the death toll will rise even further. When wars are fought, mistakes are made and blood is shed - sometimes the blood of innocent bystanders. Oftentimes, the blood of soldiers on both sides of the cause. More U.S. soldiers will die in 2007, without question. But somehow, our Commander in Chief will find ways to believe and say that these casualties only mean that we are winning in Iraq, not losing as the pictures and video might indicate.

President Bush isn't alone in feeling like this surge of new soldiers to Iraq will make the difference. But there are more opposed to the idea than for it.

On Jan. 10, after Bush's address to America, Minnesota Governor, Tim Pawlenty, was among those who said he was extremely disappointed and frustrated by the extension.

"This decision by federal officials is not consistent with the expectation or understanding provided to our soldiers," Pawlenty said in a strongly worded statement. "It's unfair to them and their families."

No matter what people believe, the fact is that soldiers will land in Iraq and work their tails off to secure Bahgdad in the coming months. News outlets will continue to tell their stories and point out the mistakes that result in soldiers dying. However, if you're like Bush, you can read and watch these reports and view them as signs that we are actually winning in Iraq. Believe the opposite of what the media says because in Iraq, down is actually up. Losses are actually wins.

Success will only seem like a series of bloody, expensive blunders. The more it looks like we are losing Bush's war on terror in Iraq, the closer we will be to victory.