Good News/Bad News on Iraq

Today's USA Today has a story about a report commissioned by the Department of Defense that provides some good and bad news about the situation in Iraq. The good news? An extensive study of insurgencies around the world finds that only 41% of them are successful. The bad news? They last, on average, about 10 years (we're 5 years into Iraq). And, actually, the good news isn't all that good - the other 59% "were victories for the counterinsurgents, were inconclusive or are still going on."

Fuck.