Dancing on a Corpse

Over at Media Matters, Eric Alterman highlights an outstanding post by Tom Engelhardt about the absurdity of the discussions in the media and elsewhere related to the perceived "success" of the President's surge strategy in Iraq.

"So, here's a simple reality check: The whole discussion of, and argument about, "success" in Iraq is, in fact, obscene. Given what has already happened to that country -- and will continue to happen as long as the U.S. remains an occupying power there -- the very category of "success" is an obscenity. If violence actually does stay down there, that may be a modest godsend for Iraqis, but it can hardly be considered a sign of American "success." ... Folks, it's obscene. We're doing victory laps around, and dancing upon, a corpse."