I will not surrender, John McCain proclaims, as dramatically as he can.
Obama declaims, "John, John, John. What are you thinking about when you say I, or our military or anybody else, might surrender.
Militarily,
our American warriors have won all the battles required to end Saddam's
era and have free elections for the Iraqi people.
If John, your goal
is to occupy Iraq, then leaving would be simply relinquishing control.
It would be an exercise in letting go of these occupation goals. This
'letting go' is the goal of both Iraq and America. There is no
'surrender' in bringing home our troops from Iraq in this case. It's
just admitting that our troops are not fairly deployed for either their
sake or America's national security if they are being used as referees
and civilian police.
John, stop implying that America or our troops
are losing or losers. There is no surrender in coming home. Who would
we losing to Senator McCain? We've reached the time for us to leave the
bulk of the fight to the Iraqis.
The Shiites will fight amongst
themselves for power. They will fight Sunnis too and both will fight
criminal elements and religious fanatics who align themselves with
terrorists. This is the internal struggle facing Iraq for a long while
to come.
It's time for America to declare itself a staunch ally of
Iraq and Iraqi democracy and cease operations akin to an all out
occupying force. No one entity specifically wins when we leave. We lose
to no specific entity.
John, unless the pursuit of battle is an end
in itself, which is a scary prospect, step back and take bold stock of
the situation. There is no 'surrender.'"
"My America is not losing."

(This is the dialogue I wish to hear: by Craig Johnson.)