It smells of.....victory

Some of the papers - those who are allowed by their readers to do so - are indulging in bouts of unbridled optimism concerning the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. It might all be rubbish, but it's quite exhilarating, and either way it involves an awful lot of dead Islamists - the best kind. It could be that the Taliban and al-Qa'eda may be pushed back to their last redoubts. But will the Paras and the 101st Airborne be allowed to launch the final assault in Lancashire?