Jonah Goldberg, February 8, 2005:

"I predict that Iraq won't have a civil war, that it will have

a viable constitution, and that a majority of Iraqis and

Americans will, in two years time, agree that the war was

worth it. I'll bet $1,000 (which I can hardly spare right now)."

Jonah Goldberg, February 8, 2007:

"I offered the bet in a foolish fit of pique with Juan Cole.

.... I've admitted that Cole would have won. I've written

that the Iraq War was a mistake. .... I join a long list of

people whose expectations about the war and its

handling turned out to be wrong in whole or in part. ....

For the record, I still support staying there, because

even if it was a mistake to go in when and how we

did, that doesn't mean a precipitous withdrawal

will make things better."