As Iraqis stop living in fear, end of Iraq war is at hand

NY Daily News ^ | July 20 2008 | MICHAEL YON

[knighthawk]

Ping

[reefdiver]

There should be a parade

[isrul]

So what happens when Al Qaida regroups in its safe haven and comes back again and again? Just wondering.

[SolidWood]

If Bush doesn’t declare victory and honor it accordingly, the glory will all go to Obama, should he (God forbid) ever win the election. All the hard gained victories and progress will be then credited to Obama. Count on it.

[norwaypinesavage]

"what happens when Al Qaida regroups in its safe haven"

Where is its "safe haven"?

[Blood of Tyrants]

A little story here. IIRC, Admiral Hawsley was approached by an aide who said that the press wanted information about a certain battle and asked what he should tell them. To which, Adm Hawsley replied, “Tell ‘em when it’s over and tell ‘em we won.”

[isrul]

How about Pakistan or Iran?

[FFranco]

Our next step should be to secure our bases in Iraq and use them to spread democracy throughout the Mid-East. That might take 50 or 100 years, which is what McCain was talking about.

[Oldeconomybuyer]

Our enemies around the globe gain great advantage by having the United States mired in an Iraqi civil war. Clearly, continuing to pursue the president’s flawed escalation policy until at least July 2008 is not in the national interest of the United States.”

—Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev.

[Prophet in the wilderness]

" When I wrote this on my Web site a few days ago, I set off a mini-firestorm. "
Yes, because the Democrats and the MSM were proven WRONG again.... mostly Harry Reid who's words live in infamy " we lost the war in Iraq ".

[SolidWood]

More like Syria, Sudan, Saudia Arabia and (Pakistan). While Iran shelters several high-profile Al-Q terrorists in one form or another, it can hardly be called their base. Iran (+ Hamas and Hezbullah) is the other coin in the game for the Middle East. They are also our mortal enemies, but not exactly on the same page as Al-Qaeda.

[ryan71]

They'll get tired of the Iraqi Army murdering them.

[Prophet in the wilderness]

" Where is its "safe haven"? "
Pakistan at the present time.

[Skooz]

bump bump bump

[bolobaby]

“So what happens when Al Qaida regroups in its safe haven and comes back again and again? Just wondering.”

Where is that safe haven? Obama’s house?

[avacado]

" So what happens when Al Qaida regroups in its safe haven and comes back again and again? Just wondering. "

One thing for sure, is if al-Qaeda does come back they will not have the support of the people. That makes all the difference in the world.

[stefanbatory]

quittin time ping!

[Chances Are]

Iran appears to be rushing headlong into it's date with oblivion. That will pretty much cease to be an option for Al Qaeda.

There's lots and lots of militant Muslims in Pakistan, I grant you, but they have problems of their own, namely India, which has lots and lots of Hindus, Buddhists, and Sikhs, none of whom have any desire to make common cause with Pakistan's Muslims thugs. There is also the ever-present issue of the very large shadow Communist China casts over all of Asia, and the Chinese don't trust these Muzzies as far as they can throw them.

Chechnya is an option, I suppose, but that is kind of a hard place, geopolitically, to operate your base from.

Let's not forget Dearborn and Seattle, while we're at it!

CA....

[norwaypinesavage]

It seems to me that Al Qaeda has been “regrouping” in Pakistan for the last 6 years, or so, and it hasn’t recently helped them much in Iraq.