Via Eschaton, Dana Milbank gets to the heart of the White House’s latest Iraq marketing strategy:
This is why the “victory” strategy is brilliant: As my sage colleague Al Kamen points out, Bush is taking the Potter Stewart approach. I don’t know the definition of victory, but I know it when I see it. While the president has put himself in position of being the sole arbiter of victory, he has managed to make all his opponents appear to be advocating the opposite, which is defeat.
Pretty simple when you think about it: Bush’s policy = victory; those opposing him want defeat.