Iraq and our involvement in it will end up much better than any of the naysayers predicted. Will any of them look back and say "I really owe the people of Iraq an appology. The war was right and good, and I was wrong to oppose it."? I suspect not. They'll move on to the next conservative-bashing issue like they did when it was clear that we should have fought the Cold War, and when it was clear that the Gulf War would go much better than anyone thought it would. The difference now is that I'm a sentient adult and will likely be forced to put my shoe in their behinds.
 

I'm predicting that, after the elections go well, and Iraq starts becoming a better place, the Left will bash the President for not getting the elections done sooner.
 

Terrorists hope for rule by the lash because, deep down, they're pirates.