"Now I believe, myself, that the secretary of state, the secretary of defense and you have to make your own decision as to what the president knows: that this war is lost, that the surge is not accomplishing anything," Reid, D-Nev., told reporters.

The biggest problem I have with the politics surrounding the war right now is that a whole bunch of people have bet their political careers on the United States losing the war. If the "surge" were to work and we, the United States, were to be successful in Iraq, it would be a huge politcal victory for the Bush administration. Too many politicians simply can not let that happen.

So, how do you trust someone who has vested interest in us LOSING the war? If the surge was working, would they even admit it?

--Chris