I have seen people spin a defeat as victory. 

The U.S. may be the first nation ever to spin victory as defeat.

Allah at Hotair blogged about this suicide bombing at Baghdad's Mansour hotel. 

This was not a random suicide bombing this was a hit to take out a few common enemies. 

All my gear finally arrived back at the home office in Salina, Kansas.  I mailed a lot of back from Iraq. 

But I carried all of it to Iraq. 

Somehow I was able to carry all this stuff on and off a helicopter.  TV requires a lot of gear.

From yesterday's WaPo: 

"Even so, some insiders worry that the new push will still prove to be too little, too late. "We have lost the fight for public and political support, so no matter how successful we are militarily, we are being led to failure," said one U.S. intelligence expert involved in Iraqi operations."  (Emphasis Added) 

Me thinks this un-named intelligence expert is unintelligent, uninformed or on the wrong side.