In today's NYT, several military leaders, including theater commander Gen. John P. Abizaid, offer their rather sober assessments of the situation in Iraq (“I think that this could still fail," says one. "It's much more likely to succeed, but it could still fail."). And, thus far, at least, the right side of the blogosphere has chosen neither to question their patriotism, nor to worry openly about the possible need to abridge their constitutional rights.

As the president would say, we're making progress!