On O’Reilly last night, Bill discussed the current state of play in Iraq

with Zell Miller and Lt. Gen. Thomas McInerney (US Air Force, Ret.) The

following exchange took place:

—Bill: Insurgent attacks on a daily basis have almost doubled from 2004

to 2005. What does that say?

—The General: It says that the terrorists, the insurgents, are fighting

even harder because they know they are losing.

[Derb] So I guess if the insurgents are killing twice as many people again

this time next year, we’ll know we really have them on the ropes!

Ye gods.