I've posted David Brooks's Op-Ed pieces a good bit, mainly when his main theme resonates with me. This one does too although it pains me. The Surge is working. Those 20,000 extra men made a difference. Bush overrode the overwhelming opinion in and out of the administration.
Okay, I'll point to another success: appointing Paulson as Secretary of the Treasury. And I felt so when he did it.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/24/opinion/24brooks.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin