Average Americans are finally learning that the political leadership of the progressive movement had a malicious and malignant stake in the outcome of the Iraq war.  The far-Left is publicly admitting 'The Surge' worked and that progressives were politically sneaky using the Iraq war as a political message, knowingly lying about the Iraqi Democrats, in order to seize initial political power in the Senate, plus the House of Representatives in 2006 and seize massive, unlimited political power, controlling the White House, a super majority in the Senate and most of the House in 2008.  These new, public quotes below by key American Leftists are simply amazing, confirming the worst intentions inherent in the totalitarian progressive political movement in America today.  If you are a man and you voted for these politically deceitful progressives in 2006 or 2008, you were duped.  The Surge Worked.  The Iraqi democrats were then and are now winning the Iraq war.  The liberal political leadership in America were then and are now fully aware the Iraqi democrats were doing the job and winning.  Keep in mind Eleanor Roosevelt's quote at the top of this page and never forget these feckless progressives chose to use 'Iraq' as a political message.  The Iraqi democrats were untruthfully described as a fiasco by sneaky and bigoted American liberals who were using the Iraq war as a political message to steal initial political power in Congress in 2006 and massive, unlimited political power in 2008.  Never forget, far more Iraqi civilians were killed under Saddam.  Saddam ruled Iraq for over 8,000 days.  An average of 125 Iraq civilians were killed per day for every one of Saddam's days in control of Iraq.  Many, many, many more Iraqis died under Saddam.  Under Saddam's tyranny Iraqis were slaves of the government.