Posted on 08/09/2007 6:15:48 AM PDT by IrishMike
You know that things are going better in Iraq when even the Democrats begin to acknowledge it. One senator said U.S. troops are routing out al-Qaida in parts of Iraq. Another insisted President Bush's plan to increase troops has caused tactical momentum. One even went so far on Wednesday as to say the argument could be made that U.S. troops are winning.
These are not Bush-backing GOP die-hards, but Democratic Sens. Dick Durbin, Bob Casey and Jack Reed. Even Sen. Carl Levin, chairman of the Senate Armed Services committee, said progress was being made by soldiers.
The suggestions by them and other Democrats in recent days that at least a portion of Bush's strategy in Iraq is working is somewhat surprising, considering the bitter exchanges on Capitol Hill between the Democratic majority and Republicans and Bush. Democrats have long said Bush's policies have been nothing more than a complete failure. Al-Qaeda is on the run in many of their former strongholds thanks to sustained and brilliantly executed counter-terrorism operations carried out by American troops and the assistance of formerly hostile Sunni tribesman. And there has been political progress with those same Sunnis as many of the leading tribes and their Sheiks have agreed to lay down their arms and work within the political structure.
What all this adds up to is a heap of political trouble for the Democrats who have staked their electoral fortunes on the probability of failure in Iraq by the Bush Administration. That scenario may well play out in the long term. No one can say at this point. But in the near term, it appears that many Democrats are hedging their bets by recognizing they may well have to give General Petreaus more time to employ his tactics across a broader segment of Iraq.
(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...
Ooops!
They’ve started to acknowledge the inevitable since the NYT editorial by those two reporters (can’t remember their names)last week but have moved the goalposts. Now, for the Dems, it’s no longer a question of military progress. It’s all about the political failure of the Maliki govt.
Opinion piece in the New York Times by two scholars at the Brookings Institution who are known for advising Democrats, Kenneth Pollack and Michael O’Hanlon.
That op-ed argued that continuing the surge into next year could leave Iraq in far better shape than if the surge was ended prematurely because of votes in Congress.
I’m just waiting for them to cite the November elections as the catalyst for the surge and start taking credit for it.
No doubt Hillary will be the first to jump on that band wagon.
I’m just waiting for one Democrat to mention that restoring to marshes the home of the Marsh Arabs, that was turned into desert under Saddam, was a good thing. I thought the Democrats were supposed to be the anti-Global Warming party and all...
Do you have a link to that article? I missed it first time round.
The Dems did the same with South Vietnam. Demonizing, ridiculing and denigrating the Government and people there to tell us it’s not worth the effort.
Prepare for the next weeks and months ahead... the Dems will applaude our troops and emphasize their bravery and achievements, while saying it’s not worth because the Iraqis are a failure, their Government is in shambles etc.
This will play way better with the American public than bashing the troops Murtha-style.
Expose the Dems and their dirty tactics.
I’m just waiting for them to cite the November elections as the catalyst for the surge and start taking credit for it.
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‘The surge is working because the American people have spoken’ interesting new twist.
That's exactly what I was thinking! They and their shills in the MSM will spin it so that they "forced" Bush into a "surge of force"..............
Bingo. It will happen sometime after the primaries. They have to pander the far left for just a little while longer, then they can cite the changes as being a result of the November elections and use it as “proof” that they can get things done.
The midget at dailykos isn’t pleased this morning....which makes me very happy...
Possible outcome is AQ is marginalized, Iran gets their ass kicked and we achieve a better stability than we could have imagined.
The Dems just don’t want to be seen as bashing the troops. They are going to continue their push to withdraw and blame it on those vacationing Iraqis... just as soon as they get back from their vacations.
Good news for America = Bad news for Democrats
They won’t like it one bit if any Dem dares to defy them.
That would be nice.
“We’re winning. RE-DEPLOY! RE-DEPLOY!” Harry ‘No Hope’ Reid
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