Winning?

Washington Post columnist, Dan Froomkin, hits the nail on the head:

One of the more reality-defying aspects of President Bush's position on the
war in Iraq is his insistence that we're winning. "Absolutely, we're
winning," Bush said. "As a matter of fact, my view is the only way we lose
in Iraq is if we leave before the job is done."
With the body counts soaring, the country descending deeper into civil war and the central government consistently unable to assert itself, how can he call this
winning? The answer: It's becoming increasingly clear that Bush sees the
war in Iraq in very simple terms. As he himself said, he believes that the
only way to lose is to leave. Therefore anything else is winning -- anything
else at all.

Even if no progress is being made -- even if things are getting worse, rather than better -- simply staying is winning.

So we're winning.

Scary, isn't it? And remember, when you cast your vote in a week and a half, you're either voting for change, or voting to let Congress continue to enable this man. It's that simple folks.