As the tables turn

Finally, finally. Masses of our fellow Americans who for so dreadfully long supported George W. Bush's beloved war are finally waking up. Not from a nightmare but to THE nightmare. Two out of three Americans are now against the madness. The Democracy-Via-Invasion-And Occupation myth is coming apart even in the conservative South; only 12% of Southerners now say they are proud of the war.

With so much senseless death on all sides since March 19, 2003, what is making the big difference now? Surely a lot of things, but especially the surging number of U.S. troops killed. This month 78 have already died (and that is without a major battle.) The total of U.S. troops killed as of today is 2,792.

On the anti-war meter, the gain of every single percentage point merits a sigh of relief. I just wish that all the "switchers" accepted the fact that this war was and is illegal, immoral, born of lies and cosmically stupid. But many of them have gone sour simply because Rumsfeld "did not send in enough troops."

Nevertheless, every vote against the deadly Presidential Hubris counts toward starting withdrawal from the quagmire.