A new set of military statistics in Iraq show that attacks in Iraq and the number of U.S. casualties there have reached a four year low. Sounds like an immediate need for the U.S. to adopt B. Hussein Obama's plan for surrender, now doesn't it?! From the NY Daily News article here:
Yeah, I know. No, they won't. I've said it before that the United States media has not reported patriotically on a single U.S. military battle victory since the Korean War. You will see some pieces now and then about the valor of American troops in Iraq or Afghanistan but it is always laden with propaganda about the ill effects and they almost always revert back to an editorial side of things.
Now, I will not be one here to say this operation in Iraq is over or that we are even out of the woods. I do not dismiss the catastrophic potential of some suicide bombings forthcoming in Iraq but all you have to do is be a fairly regular follower of the news in Iraq to know that we have been kicking ass there for a year. Al Qaeda in Iraq is a shambles, a shell of what it was. Unfortunately, the American people's only true exposure to what has happened in this war has been on the pages of blogs.
Combat, bombings and sniper attacks in Iraq - along with U.S. casualties - have plummeted from the highest point of the war 13 months ago to a four-year low, new military statistics show.Now, you may see some of the MSM reporting this to the people of America but I ask you this, do you think the MSM will report WHY this is the case? Do you think a single MSM outlet will have the balls to finally report the truth and reveal that the change in strategies of the Bush administration and military commanders in Iraq proved the difference? Will one MSM headcase look into the camera and finally give the credit where credit is due - to the efforts, skill and sacrifice of our men and women in uniform in Iraq?
Every category of violence has dramatically fallen to the lowest levels since March 2004.
The number of attacks has dropped like a rock since enemy violence peaked in June 2007, four months after the start of the surge, according to an internal military document.
Ethno-sectarian violence, which exploded after the 2006 bombing of a Shiite mosque in Samarra, is a fraction of what it was then, the document says.
Yeah, I know. No, they won't. I've said it before that the United States media has not reported patriotically on a single U.S. military battle victory since the Korean War. You will see some pieces now and then about the valor of American troops in Iraq or Afghanistan but it is always laden with propaganda about the ill effects and they almost always revert back to an editorial side of things.
Now, I will not be one here to say this operation in Iraq is over or that we are even out of the woods. I do not dismiss the catastrophic potential of some suicide bombings forthcoming in Iraq but all you have to do is be a fairly regular follower of the news in Iraq to know that we have been kicking ass there for a year. Al Qaeda in Iraq is a shambles, a shell of what it was. Unfortunately, the American people's only true exposure to what has happened in this war has been on the pages of blogs.
Iraq attacks, U.S. casualties at 4-year low
"Violence is at its lowest level in more than four years and IED [improvised explosive device] incidents are at their lowest level since we first began recording them," Navy Lt. David Russell, a spokesman for Multi-National Forces-Iraq, said last week.
The number of attacks has dropped like a rock since enemy violence peaked in June 2007, four months after the start of the surge, according to an internal military document.
Ethno-sectarian violence, which exploded after the 2006 bombing of a Shiite mosque in Samarra, is a fraction of what it was then, the document says.
"We all know that there will be good days and bad days in Iraq, but the important thing is that we see security incidents trending in the right direction," Russell said.
"The security situation is probably the best we've ever seen it," added Army Maj. Gen. Michael Oates, commander of the Fort Drum-based 10th Mountain Division in central Iraq.
Iraq's good news might boost surge-backer John McCain's GOP presidential bid if not for rising casualties in Afghanistan - a focus of Democratic opponent Barack Obama's counterterror policy - which passed G.I. deaths in Iraq in May and June.
There are signs the downward trend in Iraq may have bottomed out.
In Anbar Province west of Baghdad, the former Sunni extremist hotbed has seen a recent uptick in coalition deaths.
In May, elite U.S. sniper teams killed over 100 insurgents as they set up ambushes and planted IEDs in Fallujah and Ramadi, senior U.S. special operations sources told The News.
U.S. officials predicted that Al Qaeda of Iraq operatives who survived surge offensives went underground and will strike before the U.S. and Iraqi fall elections.
"Violence is going to be involved in the Iraqi election," said one top Special Forces officer.
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