[kenavi]

"Iraq pessimists act like they have a special immunity from ever having to recalibrate their view of the conflict"

Don't you just hate that?

Great post.

[jazusamo]

Good post. The imagined Iraqi civil war is evaporating.

[Tracy V.]

Of course, this will not be spotlighted as such by the MSM, but it is without any doubt the best possible news from Iraq in some time. Here we have a nationalist who doesn't "suck up" to anyone, including Iran or the West! Couldn't have asked for a better candidate, IMO.

[trubluolyguy]

A Major Victory (Iraq)

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So our folks are coming home? No.


Al Zarqawi caught/dead? hmmmm, No.


What is the major victory again?

[Recovering_Democrat]

The selection of a compromise prime minister in Iraq is a major victory for that country’s fledgling political class, and for the Bush administration.

Yes, that is why the LameStream Media has all but ignored that development.

[LS]

Notice that the "Iraq civil war" story now has disappeared, with no followup about how wrong the media was. They are utterly disgusting.

[Calpernia]

The selection of a compromise prime minister in Iraq is a major victory for that country’s fledgling political class, and for the Bush administration. Purveyors of doom on Iraq now have some explaining to do: If the country is in the midst of a full-scale civil war fatal to our project there, how is it that elected representatives of the major factions were able to sit down and hammer out an agreement on the top positions in a national unity government? Iraq pessimists act like they have a special immunity from ever having to recalibrate their view of the conflict, as they instead move on to the latest iteration of their metaphysical despair.

[Liberty Valance]

Bump to the top!

[Wiseghy]

BTW, it should be pointed out that continued instability in Iraq is a good thing, since it means that we still need to base troops there and are a major player in the ME.

Note that world terror is on the run, and nearly all the countries quietly funding and supporting it have come over to our side, including, to some degree, Iran and Syria. This is working out to plan geo-politically. Domestically however, most voters are confused and have forgotten the lessons of 9/11. We'll see how it imacts the elections.

[Naptowne]

This is a step in the right direction. It seems like the nation is stabalizing a bit from where it was a couple months ago. The insurgency is running out of time.

[Naptowne]

"The Shia militias, who have contributed more than their share to the sectarian violence of late, will have to be put out of business eventually."

This should have happened years ago.

[Allegra]

Purveyors of doom on Iraq now have some explaining to do: If the country is in the midst of a full-scale civil war fatal to our project there, how is it that elected representatives of the major factions were able to sit down and hammer out an agreement on the top positions in a national unity government? Iraq pessimists act like they have a special immunity from ever having to recalibrate their view of the conflict, as they instead move on to the latest iteration of their metaphysical despair.

YEAH! Take that! And that to every troll who has dissed me on this site for speaking the truth about Iraq.

EAT IT!! :-)

(I figured I'd take the mature approach...LOL)