[milwguy]

The pictures in this article are just as important as the words Totten writes. You can see we have won the 'hearts and minds' of the people of Ramadi.......Rome was not built in a day, but our continuing efforts are producing unmistable results. With a little patience, the Anbar awakening will spread through the country, and General Petreaus will be spoken of in years hence in the same breath with the likes of Washingtom, Sherman, Patton, and Eisenhower.

[Mr. K]

Where are the “Great News From Iraq” STORIES DAMMIT??

SHOW PEOPLE WHOSE LIVES ARE BETTER AND HAPPIER AND TELL THE WORLD THAT *WE* *DID* *THIS* for these people!!

[elpadre]

Reid, Pelosi, Murtha, and the other anti-Bush, anti-military will call the writer a liar as they do anyone who writes an honest portrayal of the events on the ground.

[justDave]

Thanks for the post. Good read.

[JerseyDvl]

bump

[reagan_fanatic]

It’s depressing that good news like this will be buried by the MSM simply because it does not fit their anti-Bush agenda.

[penelopesire]

Great article! Thanks for posting it.

[M. Dodge Thomas]

Ramadi, it seems to me, is an example of both the potential and limitations of US efforts to stabilize Iraq.

On the one hand, we have been able to suppress the most radical Islamic forces - especially “Al Qaeda in Iraq” - and restore civic order for at least as long as we are willing to garrison the area.

On the other, Ramadi is almost entirely Sunni, so we are not faced with the problem of suppressing the much larger Shiite-Sunni conflict which is tearing up areas such as Baghdad.

Perhaps Ramadi represents what we might hope to accomplish in Sunni areas of Iraq were it partitioned along religious lines, somewhat like the partition between india and Pakistan post WWII?

[wastedyears]

Great stuff

[jdsteel]

Thanks for posting. I’ve read his stuff before. I even sent him a few bucks via paypal (info at the bottom of his article). Perhaps if a few other Freepers did as well it would help him continue his work.

[LoneStarGI]

The most significant thing I took away from that blog was that the soldiers are beginning to feel so safe that they are starting to not wear their helmets and body armor. As they reporter said, the Green Zone is considered a ‘safe’ area but he still would not remove his helmet even there.

Another thing that’s telling is that the insurgents are beginning to avoid that place, not necessarily because the Americans will beat them (that’s never stopped them before), but because the civilian populace would attack them.

[Tribune7]

ping

[Albertafriend]

Thanks for posting this. The pictures display very vividly why we need to stay there and fight for these people and our own security and freedom. This article affected me deeply.

[Tolik]

Independent Journalism at its best.

Anbar Awakens Part I: The Battle of Ramadi

Anbar Awakens Part II: Hell is Over

Tons of pictures and the first hand observations by a great journalist (as they supposed to be).

If you've never read him, read his archives.

Must Read!

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[secretagent]

Well worth reading, from just a skim now. Thanks very much for posting this.

[USMCPOP]

Thanks for posting this! I really needed it.

[Albion Wilde]

Ping to a brilliant article with lots of pix that show what we are working — and succeeding at — in Iraq.

[Rummyfan]

Thanks for posting this! I expect to see it splashed all over the media ....... Yeah right!

[donnab]

thank you for posting this...great stuff...
Harry and Nancy would faint.

[jazusamo]

Outstanding piece! Thanks for posting.

[Earthdweller]

This article really got me POed.

...because it is such a fantastic and much needed report that no one!... is going to freaking hear about.

I just want to shove it down the throat of a CNN or NYTimes editor.