Debacle?

Bob Herbert starts his op-ed this way:

It is now generally understood that the U.S.-led war in Iraq has become a debacle

Clearly he has not talked to any returning soldiers. I talked to one major who was not deployed and the liberal mother of one who is deployed. The one who was deployed remarked that his soldiers did not know they were losing the war until they got home and watched the news.

The one who was not deployed has met soldiers who have returned and they are eager to go back. Guys like Bob are something. They state their articles of faith as if they are fact and the soft-minded faithful go along with it.