Hating to Lose, Not to Fight

That's essentially the point that Jonah Goldberg makes in his weekly LA Times column. It resembles the point I made two weeks ago in my Townhall column two weeks ago:

Voters aren’t angry that the United States is trying to secure Iraq and establish a foothold for democracy in the Middle East. Instead, they’re frustrated at a war that, it seems, is being fought with half measures, little discernible forward progress, and an Administration that appears hesitant about presenting a thorough, sure-footed case for our continued presence there or a clear plan for victory.