Terrorists continue their pinprick attempts to disrupt the creation of Iraq's security forces. Given that the numbers of police, national guard and other branches have continued to swell day after day, for over a year, despite the threat of murder, the insurgent work seems awfully fruitless. Then again, the enemies of freedom always have the contemptible words of John Kerry to rally them.

And one wonders how our soldiers take to their gallant work being cast off as "incompetence" amid "chaos." Try as the Democratic presidential candidate might to refine his insults, for all the Bush administration can direct, an enormous measure of the occupation's successes have come from the efforts of individual units.

As for the troops, two Marine commanders have voiced their disagreement and disappointment with the results of their April-May engagement in Fallujah. But Americans are ready and willing to relocate terrorists from Iraq to oblivion:

Soldiers from 1st Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment — known as “The Rock” — will be in the thick of the fight if and when U.S. military commanders decide to retake Fallujah from insurgents, battalion commander Lt. Col. Justin Gubler said.

The unit, which arrived at Camp Habbaniyah two weeks ago, is already operating on the outskirts of Fallujah. Its area of operations includes territory southwest of the city. It splits responsibility for Fallujah with Marines from the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force stationed to the east, Gubler said.

...Company C, 1-503 soldier Sgt. Dale Rogers, 36, of Winston Salem, N.C., said he is eager to take the fight to the enemy and not even slightly apprehensive about going into Fallujah.

“We are the best-trained force in the world,” Rogers said. “These terrorists cannot fathom the hell we are going to unleash on them. It doesn’t matter where we are ordered to fight, whether it be Fallujah or Ramadi, we are ready.”

The insurgents prefer to attack and then run away, he said.

“Makes no matter to us; we will just hunt them down and kill them. Running does them no good,” he said. “They’ll just die tired.”

Between Americans and Iraqis unwilling to rest before victory, the enemy has two choices: destruction now or later. Our forces deserve, at the very least, a commander-in-chief who understands their ability and their mission.

AS GOES THE MESSAGE: So go the polls, if Rasmussen Reports has anything to say about it. John Kerry's adoption of Howard Dean's leftist, defeatist rhetoric may have sunk him further, and certainly hasn't won any votes. Obviously going nowhere, John Kerry will probably swing (limp?) back to wobbly support of Iraq's liberation and democratization by September 30th.