An editorial from the Washington Post today:

The Iraqi Upturn
Don't look now, but the U.S.-backed government and army may be winning the war

THERE'S BEEN a relative lull in news coverage and debate about Iraq in recent weeks -- which is odd, because May could turn out to have been one of the most important months of the war. While Washington's attention has been fixed elsewhere, military analysts have watched with astonishment as the Iraqi government and army have gained control for the first time of the port city of Basra and the sprawling Baghdad neighborhood of Sadr City, routing the Shiite militias that have ruled them for years and sending key militants scurrying to Iran. At the same time, Iraqi and U.S. forces have pushed forward with a long-promised offensive in Mosul, the last urban refuge of al-Qaeda. So many of its leaders have now been captured or killed that U.S. Ambassador Ryan C. Crocker, renowned for his cautious assessments, said that the terrorists have "never been closer to defeat than they are now."

This should be kept in mind as the Democrats continue droning on with their partisan, year-old talking points that "the war is lost", "the surge is a failure", "the president's Iraq strategy is a failure", etc., even as their media allies find it harder to ignore the evidence of success.

The Post tries to instruct Senator Obama:

...the likely Democratic nominee needs a plan for Iraq based on sustaining an improving situation, rather than abandoning a failed enterprise. That will mean tying withdrawals to the evolution of the Iraqi army and government, rather than an arbitrary timetable...

When Mr. Obama floated his strategy for Iraq last year, the United States appeared doomed to defeat. Now he needs a plan for success.

But an arbitrary timetable for withdrawal without regard to the facts on the ground in Iraq is precisely what Obama has been promising. And Obama didn't merely float a strategy "last year", he continues ignoring the evidence even today. Senator McCain has said, "I'd rather lose an election than lose a war." Senator Obama obviously doesn't agree.

More comments from Ed Morrissey at Hot Air.