Posted on 11/22/2008 10:10:05 PM PST by Left Coast Republican
On March 20, 2003, the United States and a handful of steadfast allies (including our always loyal friends the Brits) went to war in Iraq and deposed one of the most vile dictators on the planet. Within a few short months, however, the glow of the unquestionably brilliant and successful conventional military campaign had faded as US and allied troops faced a brewing insurgency by Sunni militants and Islamic terrorist groups, including al-Qa'ida. Shortly thereafter, the radical Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr launched a separate uprising with his army of Shia thugs and terrorists. But now, after five and a half years, we can authoritatively say that the we have won the war in Iraq. So, today we—a consortium of more than 170 blogs—commemorate this hard-won victory as a tribute to our soldiers and to mark this victory in the historical record to prevent future revisionism by politicized historians...
The Iraq War, after the fall of Saddam's regime, has actually been a five-headed challenge, involving three wars (a war against Sunni insurgents, a war against Shia militants and their Iranian sponsors, and a war against Al-Qa'ida), a peacekeeping operation (to prevent a Sunni-Shia civil war) and a nation-building project. Along all those lines of operation the United States has succeeded. The United States has achieved its fundamental objectives, with the help of our British, Iraqi, and other allies: stability has been brought to much of Iraq, a democratic Iraqi government is firmly in place, the Sunni and Shia insurgencies have been effectively neutralized, and al-Qa'ida in Iraq has been decisively beaten...
(Excerpt) Read more at thesurfingconservative.com ...
We Won because of the strong leadership of President Bush and the amazing professionalism and bravery of our troops.
God Bless President Bush and our brave troops.
What you said. Too bad more people don’t see it this way.
For now they will not see it that way, but years from now they will.
Ditto to every word you typed!!!!
Interesting note, last week, after the election, a local business leader in Baghdad, Iraq, while in a meeting I attended, congratulated the USA on the election and that ours is a free democracy where people can vote, made a point to offer thanks to President Bush for his efforts to free the country of Iraq. It was a pretty cool moment to be a part of...
That is excellent. God bless you for your service.
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