The Forever War

Brian Doherty | August 16, 2006

Bush appears in front of reporters at the National Counterterrorism Center (located at "an undisclosed site in Northern Virginia known as Liberty Crossing"--c'mon, New York Times, spill!) to warn that

The enemy has got an advantage when it comes to attacking our homeland: They got to be right one time and we've got to be right 100 percent of the time to protect the American people.....That plot [in England] and this building and the work going on here is really indicative of the challenge we face--not only this week, but this year and the years to come.

Did no one ask him how often we have to be right in Iraq to declare victory in that particular part of the war? Would once be enough?