It was a dark time for Great Britain, as the seemingly overwhelming task of defending itself from Germany alone stood before England. And yet Winston Churchill declared that the English would bear any burden to prevail. And prevail they did.

Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki faces a similar daunting task as some political leaders in America talk of abandoning the fight against terrorism in Iraq. He has declared that his nation will succeed, even if it means doing so alone.

“We say with confidence that we are capable, God willing, of taking full responsibility for the security file if the international forces withdraw in any time they wish,” Mr. Maliki said.

Just as Churchill's Britain was abandoned by an ally that found surrender preferable to continued resistance to the seemingly unstoppable force of evil that opposed them, so, too do many American politicians lack the will to continue a fight that many of them had no stomach for in the first place. And so Maliki, calling for the help of God, is seeking to rally his people for the same sort of fight against overwhelming odds that will exist if the political class in America succeed in forcing a withdrawal or disengagement upon President Bush. May he be right, and may the Iraqi people rise to the challenge they will face if America abandons an embattled ally for the second time in my lifetime.

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