Monday, July 23, 2007
"[T]he U.S. 'surge' is working"
The Campaign for Working Families tells us what IS what in Iraq:
"By the day, evidence is growing that the U.S. 'surge' in Iraq, declared a failure even before it had begun, is in fact working. The U.S. military, as usual, is performing courageously on the field of battle, dislodging Al-Qaeda and its allies from strongholds, reducing their sanctuaries and doing it all with minimal civilian casualties.
"As U.S. forces kill and capture the thugs, more and more Iraqis are willing to throw in with us. In Anbar province, U.S. forces have closed a deal with Sunni and Shiite tribal leaders resulting in joint military operations against Al-Qaeda.
"Al-Qaeda has other problems too. Its bloodthirsty, barbaric tactics are causing a backlash even among some of its own members. In one neighborhood in South Baghdad, locals are switching sides to support us after Al-Qaeda thugs started cutting off people’s faces with piano wire.
"Even an Al-Qaeda cell leader crossed over and has provided the U.S. with vital intelligence information. When asked why he had abandoned Al-Qaeda, he replied, 'Because I’m sick of it and I hate them, and I am done.' (By the way, you’re not likely to read such reports in any of the domestic media. I learned of this report from the London Times.)
"But here in Washington, powerful people, sadly, have a stake in our defeat in Iraq. Senator Harry Reid has repeatedly announced that we have already lost. Seventy liberal members of the House of Representatives, along with Republican Ron Paul of Texas, have written to President Bush warning him that they will not vote for more funding for our troops unless all of them are 'redeployed' out of Iraq before Bush leaves office.
"General Petraeus is supposed to bring his report to Congress in the next few months, but no mater what he says, the surrender contingent in Congress has already made up its mind."
"By the day, evidence is growing that the U.S. 'surge' in Iraq, declared a failure even before it had begun, is in fact working. The U.S. military, as usual, is performing courageously on the field of battle, dislodging Al-Qaeda and its allies from strongholds, reducing their sanctuaries and doing it all with minimal civilian casualties.
"As U.S. forces kill and capture the thugs, more and more Iraqis are willing to throw in with us. In Anbar province, U.S. forces have closed a deal with Sunni and Shiite tribal leaders resulting in joint military operations against Al-Qaeda.
"Al-Qaeda has other problems too. Its bloodthirsty, barbaric tactics are causing a backlash even among some of its own members. In one neighborhood in South Baghdad, locals are switching sides to support us after Al-Qaeda thugs started cutting off people’s faces with piano wire.
"Even an Al-Qaeda cell leader crossed over and has provided the U.S. with vital intelligence information. When asked why he had abandoned Al-Qaeda, he replied, 'Because I’m sick of it and I hate them, and I am done.' (By the way, you’re not likely to read such reports in any of the domestic media. I learned of this report from the London Times.)
"But here in Washington, powerful people, sadly, have a stake in our defeat in Iraq. Senator Harry Reid has repeatedly announced that we have already lost. Seventy liberal members of the House of Representatives, along with Republican Ron Paul of Texas, have written to President Bush warning him that they will not vote for more funding for our troops unless all of them are 'redeployed' out of Iraq before Bush leaves office.
"General Petraeus is supposed to bring his report to Congress in the next few months, but no mater what he says, the surrender contingent in Congress has already made up its mind."
# posted by Joltin' Django @ Monday, July 23, 2007 
