Form the Department of Stating the Obvious

Asked point-blank whether the United States is winning in Iraq, Army Gen. John P. Abizaid, chief of the U.S. Central Command, replied: "Given unlimited time and unlimited support, we're winning the war."

A few years ago in preparing to renovate my house, I watched a Martha Stewart video for some ideas. I learned that anything is possible with an unlimited budget and complete access to a necessary skills.

Gen. Abizaid must have seen the same video.