[SandRat]

The Troops on the Ground see progress and victory but the left sees only retreat and surrender.

[DoughtyOne]

...and the media still can't.

[hayburner]

Thank you for posting positive news of our heroes. We need all the counter MSM we can get.

God Bless America

[Calpernia]

The statue of Saddam Hussein topples in Baghdad's Firdos Square on April 9, 2003. Three years later, Iraqi forces increasingly are taking the lead in securing their country.  

[mark502inf]

The soldiers noted the contrast between how most Iraqis live today and what they witnessed when they entered Iraq in 2003. "When we were first here, you could see that it's a very poor country and it was a hard place to live," McCoy said. "Now it's a whole lot better."

I have lots of friends who have made multiple trips to Iraq--without exception they comment on the steady progress in the standard of living, the economy, and the infrastructure. We are doing the things that make a positive difference for us and Iraq in the long run, but our media and the Democrats are focusing on every short-term bump in the road to gain political advantage at the cost of our nation's long term security.