“„Today, we know Sen. Obama was wrong. The surge has succeeded. And because of its success, the next president will inherit a situation in Iraq in which America’s enemies are on the run, and our soldiers are beginning to come home. Sen. Obama is departing soon on a trip abroad that will include a fact-finding mission to Iraq and Afghanistan. And I note that he is speaking today about his plans for Iraq and Afghanistan before he has even left, before he has talked to Gen. Petraeus, before he has seen the progress in Iraq, and before he has set foot in Afghanistan for the first time. In my experience, fact-finding missions usually work best the other way around: first you assess the facts on the ground, then you present a new strategy.