Instapundit has a long post, mostly quotes, about the failure of the "peace" movement. It seems pretty simple to me: we've heard it all before, but we can see this war on TV and it isn't Vietnam.


We see our men passing out food and water, rescuing people being shot at by Saddam's death squads and the actual connections between Saddam's regime and terrorism. Then we see the anti-war marchers, and they look like a bunch of jerks. The "news" commentators who ignore the heroics of our troops and whine endlessly about whether the war plan was flawed, whether Rumsfeld is hated by his troops, or whether we have enough men in Iraq. From here though, it looks like we've got plenty of men, and they're doing a great job. I've heard Ralph Peters a couple of times criticizing Rumsfeld, and I have the impression that he's out of touch with the new military, or his contacts in the Pentagon are disgruntled malcontents who can't let go of their own pet programs. Last night, he told Brit Hume that our troops are pulling Rumsfeld bacon out of the fire, but it just could be that Rumsfeld, Myers, Franks and the rest knew our troops and their weapons better than Peters does. Rumsfeld is hardly a novice when it comes to studying warfare, and he and those who have embraced his vision now have two wars pretty well in the bag. Maybe it's time for our enemies and the retired military chattering classes to reassess their situation.