David Gergen actually said...

"Mr. President, basically this is going very well, militarily. This is a big offensive. We will be seeing some more offensives at other districts but they are likely to be smaller. This is likely to be..."

"He finally had encouraging news today when he met with his top national security people."

"Iran still doesn't seem to be getting the message. They are dragging their heels. They are trying to play games."

"They think that they can -- they are making progress in Pakistan, and they think that the offensive, the biggest offensive since 2001, really, in Afghanistan is working as well as could be expected."