On this morning's FOX News Sunday, William Kristol, editor of the conservative magazine The Weekly Standard said

We’ve been trying, and our soldiers are doing terrifically, but we have not had a serious three-year effort to fight a war in Iraq as opposed to laying the preconditions for getting out.

-via Think Progress

Kristol adds the aside that "our soldiers are doing terrifically" in an attempt to hide the fact that he is insulting the men and women who are, everyday, putting their lives on the line in Iraq - not to mention the over 2000 Americans who have died in the effort.

We have had a serious effort to fight a war in Iraq - ask any man or woman in uniform; ask their families; ask an Iraqi.

The truth is that the war has been going badly because it was based on geopolitical fiction, rushed into, executed without the necessary equipment and planning, lacks a measurable goal for success, and lacks an exit strategy. The truth is the American men and women in uniform have been making a serious and determined effort to fight a war without the real support of the Bush administration and the Republican leadership (who are in control of the government).

The effort that has truly been lacking in seriousness has been that of Republicans to provide other than symbolic support to our troops. That sticker on your car does not count.