Nobody's declaring victory yet. What we are declaring, after being breatlessly silent for the last two months is the observation of a bright light at the end of the tunnel. We can see it.
To many things can happen. One of the wild cards is countries like Iran stepping up their terrorist activities.
Iran did step up its terrorist activities. The first seven months of 2007 were quite violent and Iran played a large part in that.
The Surge not only went after al Qaeda. The Mahdi Army and other Shiite factions are targeted as well. Sunni and Shia hearts and minds have been won and that is making all of the difference. Many, many things have been going on behind the scenes.
One of those things is that Iran has been put on notice to leave Iraq alone.
They are for the most part now, and if they reneg on that, they're next.
And I suspect they know that.
God bless ya, hon. Keep up the good work.
Charlie Gibson - no news
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And Rush discussed it
CALLER: Yes, sir. I was on the couch yesterday evening finishing up my offering and compromise to the IRS so I could get a life back, and the evening news was on, and Charlie Gibson comes on after about three stories and says, “Oh, and, by the way, the news from Iraq today...” he hesitated for a second or two, and then he said, “there is none.” I said, “Have I gone to sleep?”
RUSH: All right. We have that sound bite. But before I play that sound bite, I got two questions.
CALLER: Yes, sir.
RUSH: It’s October 18th. What are you working on now for your taxes?
CALLER: Well, I’m having tax problems. They went back and used an off-the-wall —
RUSH: Oh, okay, okay, never mind, you don’t have to divulge personal details. We’re nowhere near a quarterly filing date, so I wondered. Secondly, what in the world are you doing with the World News Tonight on?
CALLER: Well, I was sitting there, my kids were there, older kids, and they just had it on, it just happened to be on, they were watching something else.
RUSH: Everybody says, “It was on,” but nobody knows how it got turned on, nobody was listening to it, it was on. (laughing)
CALLER: I was doing something else. It really caught my attention when he said it. I couldn’t talk.
RUSH: Listen to the whole thing. You didn’t report the whole thing. This is Charlie Gibson World News Tonight on ABC.
GIBSON: One item from Baghdad today. The news is... that there is no news. The police told us that, to their knowledge, there were no major acts of violence. Attacks are down in Baghdad and today no bombings or roadside explosions were reported.
RUSH: And that’s not news? That is news! That is huge news, but not to these guys, because it doesn’t fit the narrative. The narrative is burning cars; IEDs; people in the streets; mangled bodies; smoke wafting up from the streets. And none of that happened yesterday in Iraq. There’s no news! This is just the greatest illustration, I keep saying that. But they keep outdoing themselves, illustrating to one and all just how they work and how they operate.
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God love ya, girl! You’ve seen it all and have been completely consistent in telling the truth on the ground THERE. Who are the naysayers to question you .. who’s there? You’ve lived and known the worst .. I pray you are about to see the best. May God continue to bless and protect you and all those fighting and supporting the fight against this evil. Prayers that better days are just around the corner. To hell with MSM and Rats.
Thank you so much for your courage and perseverence in volunteering to be there.
How long do you think you’ll stay? You could be the Babe of Baghdad yet .. LOL.