Posted on 09/10/2007 3:09:18 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
The president had the courage to change course on Iraq. Does Congress? Today, Gen. David Petraeus--commander of our forces in Iraq--returns to Washington to report on the war in Iraq and the new counterinsurgency strategy he has been implementing there. We hope that opponents of the war in Congress will listen carefully to the evidence that the U.S. military is at last making real and significant progress in its offensive against al Qaeda in Iraq.
Consider how the situation has changed. A year ago, al Qaeda in Iraq controlled large swaths of the country's territory. Today it is being driven out of its former strongholds in Anbar and Diyala provinces by the surge in U.S. forces and those of our Iraqi allies. A year ago, sectarian violence was spiraling out of control in Iraq, fanned by al Qaeda. Today civilian murders in Baghdad are down over 50%.
As facts on the ground in Iraq have improved, some critics of the war have changed their stance. As Democratic Congress man Brian Baird, who voted against the invasion of Iraq, recently wrote after returning from Baghdad: "[T]he people, strategies, and facts on the ground have changed for the better, and those changes justify changing our position on what should be done."
Unfortunately, many more antiwar advocates continue to press for withdrawal. Confronted by undeniable evidence of gains against al Qaeda in Iraq, they acknowledge progress but have seized on the performance of the Iraqi government to justify stripping Gen. Petraeus of troops and derailing his strategy. This reasoning is flawed for several reasons.
(Excerpt) Read more at opinionjournal.com ...
Does anyone know what channel and time one can see the hearing today live?
Tuesday, Sept. 11 Senate Foreign Relations Cmte. Hearing on Iraq War with Gen. David Petraeus On C-SPAN3 at 9:30am ET
Thanks!
The Dems will be courteous to him during the report but as soon as it ends they’ll run to the media to trash him behind his back.
For as much as I disagree with these two on some issues. They got this one right.
When these two idiots can state their case without throwing in the obligatory trashing of George Bush I might take them seriously.
I am still waiting for someone to STAND UP FOR THE GOOD OLD USA! I guess it is in the Genes that we just have to bitch about everything even when we are just trying to keep from being slaughtered . Oh well heres hoping
C-SPAN3? Hmmmm my Dish packaging only gets 2. Guess I won’t be the only one not being able to watch. Let us know if there are any video download links available, if you can, once the testimony is finished.
Fox News said they will cover the hearing live...don’t know if they will video stream or if they will cancel programs and let the hearings be aired. I’m sure the other networks .com sites will provide video stream as well.
Also, you can stream c-span 3 by going to cspan.org and then clicking on cspan 3 to watch on-line.
http://www.c-span.org/watch/cs_cspan_wm.asp?Cat=TV&Code=CS
Streaming online.
http://www.c-span.org/watch/cs_cspan3_rm.asp?Cat=TV&Code=CS3
Oops - sorry bout error
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