It is always interesting when the Democrats trot out some former general officer who says that the war in Iraq cannot be won. It reminds me of 1864 when the Democrats ran McClelland for President. McClelland loudly proclaimed that the Civil War could not be won, so he proposed a negotiated settlement to end the war. McClelland was correct that he could not win the war. Lee had proven that he could beat McClelland even when the North had a 5 or 6 to one manpower advantage, and an even bigger advantage in materiel. But, Grant could and did beat Lee in less than a 6 months after the election of 1864. I don't know what this proves, except that maybe we shouldn't pay much attention to what armchair strategists like Pelosi and Reid and the failed generals who agree with them have to say.