Winning Wars

Via Josh Marshall, I've found a Washington Post editorial that everyone must read. Its point is that a key in ending wars is to make the other side give up, and that by such terms, the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are still very much alive. I definitely continue to see the conflict in Afghanistan as a war, one in which we can barely control our putative allies in the former Northern Alliance while the Taliban continue military operations in the south. Iraq may fall into the same category, though even as it is I feel like calling it anything but a war is to dismiss the sacrifices of those who are dying to win it. This may not be good for the Bush administration politically, but I'm more concerned with addressing reality than falling poll numbers.