[srmorton]

According to Hugh Hewitt, this is the most important column of the day. I agree with him entirely!

[Chi-townChief]

The Post turns "pro-war" ???

[FlingWingFlyer]

It sounds like the IED-planting, Commie 'RATS down at the DNC better get busy if they are going to successfully pull off a defeat of the U.S. in Iraq and the War On Terror. Commie bass turds.

[yldstrk]

That is great news.

[Types_with_Fist]

Four months later, the once insurmountable political opposition has been surmounted. The nonexistent troops are flowing into Iraq. And though it is still early and horrible acts of violence continue, there is substantial evidence that the new counterinsurgency strategy, backed by the infusion of new forces, is having a significant effect.

If we plan to stay in Iraq forever in force, the surge is working. However, if we ever plan to leave Iraq and let the "Iraqi people" police their own country... then the surge is working the same way any side in a civil war would see success if the opposition suddenly went to ground to wait our an offensive.

[SandRat]

It's a world turned upside down; the WashPISSED is actually running a column saying that the Surge is working.

[bnelson44]

Please spread the word about an appeal for redress that people in the military can sign to show support for the mission:

www.appealforcourage.org

[jazusamo]

No one is asking American journalists to start emphasizing the "good" news. All they have to do is report what is occurring, though it may conflict with their previous judgments.

Well said.

Excellent column, thanks for posting.

[Beckwith]

I thought the picture accompanying the article was William Shatner.

[Hoodat]

This means the Dems will have to double their efforts to ensure our defeat.

[MikeHu]

What was particularly unusual about this article was that the writing and thinking is quite excellent -- rather than the usual plagiarisms of Helen Thomas op-rants passing as "informed" and "valued" "Journalism."

People can tell the difference in quality -- that gives the article its own credibility. Hopefully this is a trend in modern journalism -- because the old journalism has no intelligent readers, as well as writers.

[Brilliant]

No one is asking American journalists to start emphasizing the "good" news. All they have to do is report what is occurring, though it may conflict with their previous judgments.

Ha! Fat chance of that happening.

[ArmstedFragg]

Man, I wish the media would avoid pronouncing the surge either a success or a failure until it actually has a chance to work. The premature announcements just set us up for cries of 'failure' the first time there's some negative event. And... believe me... there will be negative events. This ain't no cakewalk.

[freeangel]

The msm "backup plan" is to make sure NO news of the surge succeeding will make it to the American public.

[Lancey Howard]

The rats' worst nightmare....

[jveritas]

Excellent article.

[Danae]

The Blog this article refers to is FASCINATING! A MUST read for anyone with any sort of curiosity as to what is really happening in Iraq and all the ins and outs of the political process there. Utterly fascinating!

http://iraqthemodel.blogspot.com/

[Donald Rumsfeld Fan]

Robert Kagan ia a neocon.

[af_vet_1981]

I wonder if The Post and other newspapers have a backup plan in case it does.

Yes, they do.

It's called "Change the Subject."

[Unam Sanctam]

How can this possibly be? The Democrats in Congress told us before it happened that it will absolutely, positively, utterly and unambiguously fail, fail, fail!

[mad_as_he$$]

As far as I can tell the surge hasn't even happened yet. what has happened is a significant shift in the ROE's and the heat on Maliki and crew.