Iraq? Who Cares! Say, Is Your Mom Jewish?

When he talks about the war in iraq, Jim Webb—the Democrat running for the U.S. Senate from Virginia—likes to paraphrase Dwight Eisenhower on the war in Korea. "Anyone who tells you we can set a timetable for withdrawal doesn't understand war," he says. "And anyone who says that nothing can be done to speed a secure peace doesn't understand America." Yeah, but America is a less disciplined place than it was 50 years ago, and speeding a secure peace requires some focus from a country—and an Administration—that...