turned the corner

So, dubya said that the Iraq war just turned the corner. He has said the same thing a few times before. If you make 4 turns in the same direction, aren't you headed right where you were in the first place?

To put this in perspective, if you do NOT include deaths from insurgent attacks, 1,400 Iraqi civilians were killed last month in Baghdad alone. We keep hearing from the Bush administration that things are going well, according to their plan. While there are many pro-war advocates that would disagree, I consider civilians in Baghdad to be people, and their deaths are preventable tragedy, not acceptable loss in order to keep the oil flowing and cronies enriched.

(political cartoon credit to Steve Sack)