'Act as if ye have faith and faith shall be given to you'

Patrick Ruffini says it's time for conservatives to play up the war big time. And stop cringing in the face of insurgent attacks.

To the extent that the terrorist insurgency is addressed by our side, it is usually in the context of fearful, beleaguered Iraqis as the victims. Americans are urged not to lose heart -- because that’s what the terrorists would want. Unwittingly, we are training ourselves to be victims in need of therapy, to persevere through this unpleasantness just a little bit longer.

Hell, no. We refuse to be the victims. We refuse to even discuss the possibility that any terrorist thug could throw us off course. If asked for the umpteenth time to rearticulate a plan for Iraq, it needs to be Ronald Reagan’s “We win, they lose.” How we felt about the planes slamming into the Towers is how we should feel about the bombing of a police station in Samarra. Rage. Defiance. Steely determination. The last thing we need is to be dour, subdued, and tired.

Publicly and on the ground, it’s time to be brash and in-your-face. The more they attack us, the more united, angry, and lethal we become.