And he is exactly right on this point.

"Unfortunately, on too many issues, some in Congress are behaving as if America is not at war," Bush said during a speech at the Heritage Foundation, a conservative think tank. "This is no time for Congress to weaken the Department of Justice by denying it a strong and effective leader. ... It's no time for Congress to weaken our ability to intercept information from terrorists about potential attacks on the United States of America. And this is no time for Congress to hold back vital funding for our troops as they fight al-Qaida terrorists and radicals in Afghanistan and Iraq."

You can debate the wisdom of going to war in Iraq.

You can debate the policies and strategies in place today -- though they appear to be working.

But you cannot debate the reality of the war, or the importance of prosecuting it to a successful end.

Unless, of course, you have some other agenda that does not include American victory -- such as one's own political advancement.