You Bet We Can Win!
By Frederick Kagan
Iraq is the central front in the war against Al Qaeda. And we are beginning to win. These are not talking points. They are facts on the ground, as I saw during my recent trips there.
Though you may be getting the opposite impression from news reports, the sectarian violence that Abu Musab al-Zarqawi had unleashed by destroying the Samarra Mosque in February 2006 has subsided. Measured weekly, sectarian killings are down by almost two-thirds since the start of the Baghdad security plan.
Anbar Province, Al Qaeda's former sanctuary in western Iraq, has turned against the terrorists. Anbaris by the thousands are signing up to fight against Al Qaeda. Violent attacks in the province are down by 50% and combined casualties down by 65% between early January and mid-May.
The movement is spreading. Sheiks in Diyala, Salah-ad-Din and Babil provinces are reaching out to coalition forces to help us.
This is not the moment to consider withdrawal time lines that would snatch defeat from the jaws of victory, as the U.S. Congress seems determined to do. It is the time to redouble our efforts.
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I heard this GOOD NEWS on the radio today. (Yes, I listen to talk radio...and love it!) Not to change the topic...but I listen to all of our favorite people on the radio when I drive around. Rush, O'Reilly, Hannity, Laura Ingraham, Hugh Hewitt, Michael Reagan, Prager, and many more!
Yes, contrast this news from our side with the post about 'LeftWorld'--there's quite a difference. I hope everyone remembers this on election day!
Now THIS is the decent, pro-American can-do spirit that made this country great!
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