Recently, Al-Qaeda terrorist, Abu Maysara, a senior adviser to Abu Ayyoub al-Masri, was killed, and his translated diary reveals profound Al-Qaeda depression at its dramatic recent battlefield defeats and the loss of the hearts and minds of Iraqis to their Americans and Iraqi allies. Nonetheless, Speaker Pelosi now assures us of the surge that “There haven’t been gains …The gains have not produced the desired effect… This is a failure. This is a failure.”