In February of 2007 then President Bush authorized a 21,000 man troop surge in Iraq in an effort to quell violence and establish order in the new and struggling free state of Iraq. Before the surge was implemented long enough to judge its effects, the liberal media along with democrats in Washington opposed any idea of a surge in Iraq.

In February of 2007 Bill Maxwell of the St. Petersburg times wrote, "This is not supporting our troops. This is needlessly sending our troops to their deaths." Liberal politicians conclusively opposed the troop surge as well. Sen. Frank Lautenberg said he wouldn't support the troop-surge proposal because the Bush administration had shown no ability to properly manage the Iraq war and Rep. Patrick Murphy, a Democrat, said: "What we need is a surge in diplomacy, not a surge in troops…we need political solutions, not a military escalation... . Any increase in troops is terribly misguided." But after little more than a month into the deployment of troops violence started to fade. Yet even with evidence pointing to success in Iraq liberals lambasted then President Bush for continuing on the course to victory and our current commander in chief was one of them. Even as late as 2008 presidential candidate Barack Obama was unable to recognize the surge had worked and that the tide was turning towards victory and freedom. In a ''Nightline'' interview on ABC in July of last year Obama stated that if he had to do it all over again, knowing what he knew by July 2008, he would still not support the surge.

So here we are. A year has passed since that "Nightline" interview, candidate Barack Obama has now been President Obama for 6 months. Result: Victory. Just today American troops withdrew from the streets in Bagdad not in retreat from enemy fire but rather to the sound of fireworks and jubilant celebrations by the Iraqi people. Nothing has changed in strategy and yet victory is reaching its climax. Will former President Bush get the legacy title of "Freedom Provider"? Not likely. Will the democrats who failed to stand up for victory and freedom ever be chastised for being wrong? Not a chance. Will Barack Obama admit he was wrong and give credit to a resilient and dedicated former commander in chief? Unlikely; but history has been written, the truth will always show that Bush achieved victory in Iraq, millions are now free, and let us hope that President Obama is taking notes. Let us remember that although Obama has courtside seats with regards to victory…Bush was the captain of the team.