[mojito]

We are winning, and something real and lasting is being created in Iraq. This is a "must read' piece by one of the true scholars of Arab culture and history.

[ishabibble]

Terrific essay!

[fanfan]

Ping!

[Snake65]

Fascinating read. Thanks!

[Heatseeker]

"If we were losing, why would the insurgents be joining us?"

Exactly.

[SandRat]

Gee Imagine that,... an article that says the US is winning and is loved quoting Arabs, written by an Arab. Someone tell CNN’s Kristopher Ware to STFU and go back to reporting the Sheep-Shearing Contest in Auckland.

[Berlin_Freeper]

North and South will have the oil fields and Baghdad will be a booming tourist destination, with revenues shared by all.

And Iraq will be the beacon of democracy for the rest of the Middle East.

How do I know this? Because the Libs believe otherwise.

[SevenMinusOne]

Worth the read (if you are concerned about Iraq / GWOT)

[God luvs America]

bump

[r-q-tek86]

ping

[padre35]

This guy is a politicla animal indeed, from Marxism, to Baathism, to New Iraqism, so I think he would have a good handle on things political inside Iraq.

And his news is good, so roll on General.

[Burr5]

Sorry. “too little, too late,” (Hilllary), “This is an illegal war” (Ron Paul), “the war is lost” (Harry Reid), “we need to undertake a smart redeployment out of Iraq” (Barak Ubama), and this lying, greedy, corrupt, Hitlerian administration “cooked the intelligence” (Chris Dodd) so that General “Betray-us” (Moveon.org) could get into the fight and come report that he personally was “doing a good job.” (Ted Kennedy).

See, I know the truth. The Dims tell me all about it.

All is lost.

[Maelstorm]

And the left can not wait to abort this baby before it is fully born. How can those that claim to be humanitarians so hunger for the genocide that withdrawal would most likely bring? They should be ashamed. It is good to see the line holding against the rabid left. The last time the line failed with Vietnam it failed primarily because of the Nixon Watergate fiasco leaving a neutered President Ford with little real political power. ‘Never again’ should be the mantra. Never again will America leave a people it pledged to defend to die defenseless and without hope.

[Donald Rumsfeld Fan]

For a man at the center of this great dispute, for the storm swirling around him and the endless predictions of his imminent ouster from power, there is an unhurried quality about Nouri al-Maliki. There is poise and deliberateness in him. The long years in exile must account for the patience. He had waited long for the deliverance of his people; ...

I am beginning to gain respect for this man.

[cll]

Victory bump

[Infidel1571]

“We are winning, and something real and lasting is being created in Iraq”

Yes. Another Islamic nation. Read the Iraqi constitution.

[AliVeritas]

ping

[sono]

This is worthy of a discounted Full Page Ad in the NY Slimes.

[neverdem]

thanks, bfl

[Fred Nerks]

"We came from under the ashes, and now the new order, this new Iraq, is taking hold. If we were losing, why would the insurgents be joining us?"

thanks for posting this brilliant article.

[Jim Robinson]

"Mr. Mahdi was not apologetic about what Iraq offers the United States by way of justification for the blood and treasure and the sacrifice: "Little more than two decades ago, in the aftermath of the Iranian Revolution and the Lebanon War of 1982, the American position in this region was exposed and endangered. Look around you today: Everyone seeks American protection and patronage. The line was held in Iraq; perhaps America was overly sanguine about the course of things in Iraq. But that initial optimism now behind us, the war has been an American victory. All in the region are romancing the Americans, even Syria and Iran in their own way."

God bless our troops and their families.