For example, Hirsch says,

"And that includes the debate about how long to stay in Iraq. I mean, I happen to believe that there are serious signs of success going on now, you know, with the surge and what's happening with the Iraqi government."

His so-called "signs of success" are the same lies as WMDs. Why can't Hirsch see that? 

See recent Huff-Post story on Iraqi leaders demanding timetable for withdrawal of troops with no military bases left behind.  http://www.huffingtonpost.c om/2008/06/05/majority-of-i raqi-legisla_n_105427.html  If the occupation was "working" they wouldn't be demanding that the US leave.  Hirsch apparently has never seen the stories and surveys of how the Iraqi people fell about the occupation and instead has only read the false reports coming from reporters who never leave the Green Zone.