The Observer is always pleased when the feckless far-left fails politically.  Just short of shooting military recruiters, the far-left has done everything in it's power to destroy military recruiting.  For the far-left, this represents a massive political failure.

The far-left has failed and been wrong about Iraq at every level yet the far-left continues to wage political war in America

Far-left politics defined: 

• The American far-left is actually upset that the American military is successfully recruiting
• The American far-left is actually upset that the American military is doing a great job on the battlefield

For the far-left, Iraq is a political message for a political war waged at home.

http://www.armytimes.com/news/2008/09/army_reenlistments_092708w/