The Republican Narrative of how the Democrats failed in Iraq

Jackson Diehl - Make-or-Break Time in Iraq? - washingtonpost.com: "So far, all of the major Republican candidates are saying they are committed to success in Iraq -- which presumably means that, as long as the strategy seems to be working, they will continue to deploy the troops Petraeus and his successors deem necessary.
The three leading Democrats, in contrast, continue to describe Iraq as an irremediable failure, despite the obvious comeback of the past year."