Israel Declares Cease-Fire

by Steven Erlanger - January 17th, 2009 - The New York Times

After 22 days of war against Hamas, and the deaths of more than 1,200 Palestinians and 13 Israelis, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert insisted that “we have reached all the goals of the war, and beyond.”

The insistence by many that Israel did not accomplish a victory is belied by one calculation. Hamas' losses are the equivalent of America losing 325,000 of its citizens in a couple of weeks of war. Can you imagine the thundering outrage of Democrats at those losses when you see their quivering denuciation of the war against Islamo-fascism having lost less than 8,000 (including the 3,000 on 9/11) during 7 years of war?

Of course the reality is that liberals are only able to LOSE wars.