The question is, what does victory mean? It certainly isn't the number of people we kill or detain,

Both Iraqis and coalition people often exaggerate the role of foreign infiltrators and downplay the role of Iraqi resentment in the insurgency.

The problem is people don't live on economic statistics.

I think everybody would agree they're under-equipped.

You're watching the insurgents develop more sophisticated methods of attack, and more sophisticated IEDs. They're using shaped charges and anti-tank mines stacked together. They're using 500-pound bombs that can destroy any armored vehicle. They're using these so-called swarming attacks, firing several RPG rounds at one lightly armored vehicle.

Logically, you do regroup after something like this and you~ don't go forward with the existing schedule,