Give me some examples of people saying that they wanted to lose.

I think you just get upset when you want to declare victory every five minutes and we don't go along. 'Cause we've heard you guys declare victory before. It's always premature. You start wars, you make huge messes, you get thousands upon thousands of people killed, and then you expect us to genuflect every time some heavily-armed American kid manages to kill the somewhat less heavily-armed Iraqi kid whose neighborhood you sent him to invade? Please.

Show me some results. Show me some winning. And then you will get your pat on the back. Do not accuse me of being defeatist simply because you can't come up with a compelling strategy or even motive for this war that you so desperately, deliberately, have.

Even if you win, all you've won is more war.

Show me something I can believe in. Stop trying to cover up your strategic failures by accusing me of wanting you to fail. I really, really, really want you to succeed. I need you to succeed. My economy depends on it.

You just can't.

I think it's that you don't know what success looks like. Success, my friend, is when the fighting stops. Accomplish that and you can have all the power in the world and no one will stop you. They'll cheer for you. They will greet you with the roses and candy that you inexplicably believe they will bring you as tribute after you've kicked their asses.

Show me. Make the fighting stop. Then you'll get the credit you believe you're due. Not until.