THE TRUTH ABOUT IRAQ

New York Post ^ | January 1, 2006 | Ralph Peters

[billorites]

RAQ made impressive progress in 2005. You wouldn't have known it from the daily news coverage or the surrender-now demands of left-wing extremists, but the long-suffering nation marched forward.

Here and abroad, the enemies of freedom insisted that failure was inevitable. Terrorists, insurgents, journalists with agendas, global America-haters and the Democratic Party's national leadership all tried to force our troops out of Iraq, no matter the consequences for the 26 million human beings who'd be left behind.

But the Iraqis refused to fail. Our troops refused to fail. And the Bush administration refused to fail.

Thank God.

Over the last 12 months, the pessimists called every major development wrong. But that won't stop them from doing everything they can again this year to devalue freedom, discredit democracy, drive Iraq toward civil war, encourage the terrorists and, above all, embarrass the Bush administration.

Our critics, foreign and domestic, will continue to ignore the human rights of millions while shrieking over the "mistreatment" of imprisoned terrorists and demanding a "fair" trial for Saddam (in Europe, with no death penalty). But the left's self-righteous bluster sounds more like sour-grape nagging every day.

CONSIDER just a dozen of the many reasons for optimism about Iraq:

1) Despite left-wing arguments that the peoples of the Middle East aren't ready to rule themselves through the ballot box, Iraq just held its third nationwide vote — with higher levels of participation than an American presidential election.

2) Iraq's Sunni Arabs, who were supposed to doom democracy, came out in masses to vote this time. They were disappointed that their minority numbers didn't magically give them a majority (sound familiar?), but their largest parties are maneuvering for places in the new government.

3) The terrorists lost a lot of ground last year, figuratively and literally. Their savagery backfired

[Dr. Scarpetta]

Our critics, foreign and domestic, will continue to ignore the human rights of millions while shrieking over the "mistreatment" of imprisoned terrorists

These critics won't understand what we're up against until a terrorist kills someone in their family.

[ExcursionGuy84]

And THIS from a New York publication??????

Hillary, looks like "your" state just ain't "the right" place for you anymore.

[Kaslin]

These critics won't understand what we're up against until a terrorist kills someone in their family.

And then some might not get it

[blackie]

We and the Iraqi's are winning!

Trolls, terrorists, democrat moonbat's, suicide bombers, and the mainstream media are sad ~ very sad!

Let The Good Times Roll!

[cabinman]

One only need to look at the misfit liberals in the democrap party to understand why they are the culture of death and the party of hate and racism. God bless our president and the troops. Never turn your back on those who are willing to risk their lives for your freedom.