Our president gave yet another speech on Iraq today and spelled out why we should be so optimistic about the war there: while 2140 American lives have been lost, over 30,000 Iraqis have been killed by US troops. That’s a better than 10:1 kill ratio, which should be cause for great rejoicing in this holiday season. (Sorry: Christmas season.)

For Bush, raised on the WWF and Rambo, it should not seem surprising that we are killing ten insurgents for every one of our servicemen. Our guys can fire two machine guns at once, spinning in a circle, while ninja-like Arabs traditionally fall to the ground screaming, “Aaargh!” Unless they are blown out of the frame by a massive explosion, in which case they usually yell, “Aieee!”

In other words, bring ’em on. Except those 30,000 were civilians…

Meanwhile, the Democrats have demonstrated their ability to seize the moment, take advantage of discord over the war, by circling the wagons as in a John Ford western, allowing the GOP to play Indian for a change. It’s just that their playbook needs some work.

“Okay, Murtha, I want you to go over there and set yourself on fire. Dean, stay back and gnash your teeth and moan. Pelosi, get up on top of the wagon and scream hysterically. And Lieberman, I want you to go out there and join the other side. And don’t come back until everyone of us is dead!”

We’re all doomed. Civilians included.