Iraqi violence down and gov't confidence rising (from the AP chief of bureau in Baghdad)

AP on Yahoo ^ | 6/16/08 | Robert Reid - ap

[08bil98z24]

Those positive signs are attracting little attention in the United States, where the war-weary public is focused on the American presidential contest and skeptical of talk of success after so many years of unfounded optimism by the war's supporters.

We can thank the Democrat media for the current mood of public opinion.

[Marine_Uncle]

The US and Coalition forces have done all that has been asked of them. It is now up to the Iraqi leadership at the central and provincial governments to step up to the plate and show their citizens no one is going to be left behind. Of course that should not obviously include those that continue to want to kill innocent citizens, and those that resists the new Iraqi military and police forces.
The continued reporting of major corruption and mis management bothers me a lot.

[KC_Conspirator]

...skeptical of talk of success after so many years of unfounded optimism by the war's supporters.

Then its clear that Robert Reid of the AP Baghdad office has been LYING to the public. Anyone could see that the surge was working by LAST summer, a full year ago.

[elhombrelibre]

The Iraqi government needs to take advantage of the developing peace and build up some trust amongst the sects.

[mtntop3]

If Reid is AP bureau chief in Baghdad and has reported from Iraq since 2003, why hasn't practically any news of the day-to-day vast improvements in Iraq been forthcoming until now?????

Missing from this article (which seems to be intended to put a damper on the vast and undeniable improvements and accomplishments) is any mention of the quite significant improvement and growth and accomplishments of the Iraqi military forces.

The AP is in the Dem's and Obama’s pockets. Their unerring template is to make Iraq a failure and the deaths of U. S. service people there meaningless. I

If you want to know what is going on in Iraq and Afghanistan, start with the daily reports of the American Forces Press Service: www.defenselink.mil/news.

[Marine_Uncle]

And that will be the last battle in Iraq. We can point at some positive motion in this direction. Perhaps it will become a bit easier as no one has an excuse that their particular groups are being targeted by some other group.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Sure looks like it...dropping a link here :

US-Iraq security pact 'not dead,' deal ready in July: Iraqi FM ( Hoshyar Zebari )

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

generally made Genghis Kahn look like the lead character in Pee Wee's Big Adventure

ROFL!!!