Still, it seems unlikely that the majority of legislators would be willing to be associated with defeatism in Iraq, let alone to champion it, were they absolutely clear about the stakes. If, however, sitting through “Obsession” does not induce senators and congressmen to understand how high the costs of such behavior would be for the country, the DFI course would take a page from DWI programs’ playbook: Show them another film.

The next one should be a terrific short video produced late last year by one of Hollywood’s most successful directors, David Zucker, and his partner, Myrna Sokoloff. It can be viewed on YouTube.

Entitled "the Fabulous Baker Boy," it treats with appropriate contempt – and hilarious sight gags – the centerpiece of the 79 recommendations served up by the Iraq Study Group (ISG, better known as the Iraq Surrender Group): the idea of having the future of Iraq determined in negotiations with Iran and its wholly owned subsidiary, Syria. ISG co-chairman James Baker is parodied as a hapless, sycophantic appeaser of Iranian President Mahmoud Amedinejad, playing Neville Chamberlain to his Hitler.

Amazingly, the idea of negotiating with the Islamofascist regime most responsible for the mayhem in Iraq – Iran – has increasingly become a staple of the defeatists in Congress. Virginia Senator Jim Webb featured it in his party’s response to the President’s State of the Union. Most, if not all, of the Democratic presidential candidates have embraced it, as, of course, has that dark horse contender for the Democrats’ nomination, Republican Sen. Chuck Hagel.

For most legislators, the prospect of having their face and name – rather than Jim Baker’s – ridiculed for believing we can safely and usefully negotiate with Iran our surrender of Iraq may be enough to sober them up. They certainly should be on notice: They will be held to account, later if not sooner, if they recklessly ignore General David Petraeus’ testimony that he will be unable to succeed in Iraq if the Congress denies him the manpower and wherewithal called for by the President.

What is more, such legislators will in due course be held responsible for favoring defeat over victory in the Iraqi theater and making our triumph infinitely harder in Afghanistan and elsewhere. At some point, like incorrigible drunk drivers, they will have their license to enact legislation revoked by an electorate that did not vote last November for a "change" that makes things far worse.