It's about this kind of news started making into the headlines - way past due, actually. The figures are out and the violence in Iraq is way down, down so far that you'd have to go back 4 years in time to find a more quiet Iraq. Here's a bit from the article over at Reuters:
Since the article brought up the subject of the cleansing of Mosul of al Qaeda in Iraq...which I just wrote about this morning, it is obvious now that the U.S. command in Iraq was ALWAYS RIGHT on the mark as to who was causing the violence in Iraq...that being al Qaeda in Iraq.
While the surrenderists back here in America wanted us to fly the white flag and leave Iraq with our tails between our legs, the U.S. command in Iraq stood firm in their conviction that if they could take the battle to al Qaeda in Iraq, they war could be won. So while Harry Reid and John Murtha and Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama and Nancy Pelosi all LIED to the American people about the Iraq War being a "civil" war between Sunni and Shia, the American forces in Iraq did their job, they followed the plan of the Surge and they have seen the success.
How in the world can any American, in his or her right mind elect an Obama or a Clinton as commander in chief when we have seen how spineless they were throughout this war? Explain that to me, please.
This is great news and the American people should be absolutely so proud of their fighting men and women - this has been a long road and it isn't over yet but off in the distance, if you look real closely, you can see the ultimate end of al Qaeda in Iraq. And I hope that end is bloody, I hope it is exterminating and I hope it is humiliating to the forces of evil. Our troops deserve to see the violent end of the al Qaeda minnions ...and it sure looks like it will happen soon.
Violence in Iraq has fallen to its lowest level in more than four years, figures released by the U.S. military showed on Saturday, but officials said progress was still fragile and reversible.
Iraqi security officials said an offensive against al Qaeda in the northern city of Mosul, which the U.S. military says is the Sunni Islamist group's last major urban stronghold, had wiped out most of the insurgent network.
Washington's envoy to Iraq, Ryan Crocker, declared that al Qaeda had never been closer to defeat.
Since the article brought up the subject of the cleansing of Mosul of al Qaeda in Iraq...which I just wrote about this morning, it is obvious now that the U.S. command in Iraq was ALWAYS RIGHT on the mark as to who was causing the violence in Iraq...that being al Qaeda in Iraq.
While the surrenderists back here in America wanted us to fly the white flag and leave Iraq with our tails between our legs, the U.S. command in Iraq stood firm in their conviction that if they could take the battle to al Qaeda in Iraq, they war could be won. So while Harry Reid and John Murtha and Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama and Nancy Pelosi all LIED to the American people about the Iraq War being a "civil" war between Sunni and Shia, the American forces in Iraq did their job, they followed the plan of the Surge and they have seen the success.
How in the world can any American, in his or her right mind elect an Obama or a Clinton as commander in chief when we have seen how spineless they were throughout this war? Explain that to me, please.
This is great news and the American people should be absolutely so proud of their fighting men and women - this has been a long road and it isn't over yet but off in the distance, if you look real closely, you can see the ultimate end of al Qaeda in Iraq. And I hope that end is bloody, I hope it is exterminating and I hope it is humiliating to the forces of evil. Our troops deserve to see the violent end of the al Qaeda minnions ...and it sure looks like it will happen soon.
Violence in Iraq falls to lowest level in 4 years
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Violence in Iraq has fallen to its lowest level in more than four years, figures released by the U.S. military showed on Saturday, but officials said progress was still fragile and reversible.
Iraqi security officials said an offensive against al Qaeda in the northern city of Mosul, which the U.S. military says is the Sunni Islamist group's last major urban stronghold, had wiped out most of the insurgent network.
Washington's envoy to Iraq, Ryan Crocker, declared that al Qaeda had never been closer to defeat. The United States says the group is the biggest threat to peace in Iraq and has blamed it for most of Iraq's deadliest suicide bombings.
"You are not going to hear me say that al Qaeda is defeated, but they've never been closer to defeat than they are now," Crocker told reporters during a visit to the Shi'ite holy cities of Najaf and Kerbala in southern Iraq.
The U.S. military released slides showing that incidents of violence, including roadside bombs, shootings and mortar and rocket attacks, had fallen to their lowest level since the week of March 26, 2004.
The drop follows a surge in violence that threatened to unravel the security gains made over the past year. A government offensive against Shi'ite militias in the southern city of Basra in March sparked widespread violence in other towns and cities.
The figures are good news for U.S. President George W. Bush, who sent 30,000 extra troops to Iraq last year to halt a slide toward sectarian civil war and has rejected calls by Democrats for 155,000 troops to be withdrawn as soon as possible.
Bush has argued that this would hand victory to al Qaeda, a position shared by Republican presidential candidate John McCain. The two Democratic candidates, Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton, have campaigned for troops to be brought home.
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