Posted on 07/22/2007 11:05:05 PM PDT by gpapa
WASHINGTON -- The war against Islamic terrorism in Iraq is still a work in progress, but a few strategic victories in the past few months suggest the forces of freedom may be making some headway there.
American and Iraqi forces have cleared several terrorist-infested areas, including Anbar province. Large swaths of Baghdad have also been made safer as a result of the surge of U.S. troops.
"The level of violence is down in the two areas where the 'surge' is focused, Anbar and Baghdad," U.S. Ambassador Ryan Crocker said last week. There have been numerous reports that tribal sheiks in Anbar and elsewhere have begun forming alliances with Iraqi and U.S. military forces for the first time, identifying terrorist locations and weapons caches and the places where Al Qaeda killers have planted roadside bombs.
Perhaps the most important evidence the surge is having an effect is the fact that the terrorist attacks have declined or stopped in the areas where U.S. forces have focused their enforcement efforts.
Since President Bush initiated the surge earlier this year, Al Qaeda has stepped up its attacks in some places. But overall, sectarian killings, total car bombings and suicide attacks have fallen in May and June
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It’s still a slog, but it is a slog we are winning!
nothing to see here, move on, move on..
Just the fact that the media has a total blackout on our servicemen who receive medals for bravery and valor is enough to tar and feather the bastards.
To our lamestream media, only the anti-war pukes ever deserve recognition. According to them, there have been no warrior heroes since World War Two.
But then again, their leftist takeover of America wouldn’t materialize if they showed the heroes and turned some public opinion back to winning this war.
It’s all just another step in the Communist conquering of America.
I could not agree more.
Oh yes there has been!
You forgot John Kerry!
Did you know he served in Viet Nam?
My son and the Stryker platoon he commands are in the middle of this; patrolling the Doura neighborhood of south Baghdad, arguably the worst part of the city. It’s been very trying for them, but the violence has significantly decreased since they began rumbling through the streets of Doura in those behemoths of theirs. They take no s**t from anyone, and the bad guys are scared to death of them.
Good, I say.
"Casualties many; Percentage of dead not known; Combat efficiency; we are winning." -Col. David M. Shoup, USMC, Tarawa, 21 November 1943.
Thanks to our brave troops and men like your son, Rightonline, the surge IS succeeding, no matter what the media (and Harry Reid) refuse to admit.
*points to tagline*
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