Mission Accomplishing

I like to keep up with what people on both sides of the aisle are saying. On my recent tour in Texas I listened to a bunch of right wing radio (that's just about all you can get) and between that and your Krauthammers of the world I learned that apparently the war in Iraq is now a success. We're well on our way to victory and the democrats are being completely unrealistic and disingenuous about the prospects of withdrawal. The last part may actually be true. Far be it from politicians to lie to the public. It's not so easy to just aup and close down an operation of this magnitude. But it seems to me the republicans are being equally evasive. McCain knows it is unrealistic to expect to occupy Iraq for the next 20 years. We can't sustain troop levels and we can't afford what it costs. What I don't understand about conservatives is how in their own country they are against big government and they claim to want to reduce spending but they are all about prolonged nation building overseas. Yeah there is a certain threat imposed on us by terrorism but frankly it's not nearly as great a threat to American lives as the decaying infrastructure of this once great nation. Perhaps we could mix things up and try a little nation building here at home...