The Republicans' (hereafter referred to as "gops") latest excuse for their criminal incompetence in the disaster royale lovingly called "Operation IRAQI FREEDOM" is that the Evil Liberal Cabal is somehow denying the grunts "permission to win."  That's right: the political wing that deifies the military the same way a teenybopper deifies whatever heartthrob is on the cover of Tiger Beat has apparently infantilized the object of their adulation to the point that they don't know they're supposed to actually win the war.  Does this mean that Monkey Boy has been ordering them to stalemate the thing since 2003, or even lose it?  Or is this same political wing that refuses to consider hypothetical scenarios at any time so bereft of imagination that they can't come up with an effective plan for quashing the rebellion?