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Iraq War — Going Better Than The News Reports

Posted By: 'Okie' | 3:39 pm — 10/3/2007 | Comments Off See comments below:

This AM I heard on Dennis Prager’s radio show his brief interview with Bartle Bull, foreign editor of the UK’s Prospect Magazine and editor of Middle East Monitor who has been on many embeds with Iraqi troops and militias. Bull declares in his Wall Street Journal piece that the won in Iraq has been won.

The war in Iraq was always going to be won by the Iraqis, and so it has proven. But the Iraqis who have won it are on our side.
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The biggest unifier of all currently might be the most predictable one. Help from foreigners is welcome in Iraq. The country’s elected prime minister, possessing after Iraq’s heroic elections more popular legitimacy than almost any leader in the world, often points out that the Coalition is there as invited guests. When the U.S. Senate passed its disingenuous “plan” for extreme federalism in Iraq last week, the uproar in the country crossed the sectarian divide. Iraq already has a constitution. It was written by freely elected Iraqis and ratified overwhelmingly by the public in a brave vote two years ago.

Thousands of Americans and their allies have died helping to give Iraqis this opportunity. We have shown enormous skill and bravery in helping them fight their enemies, and immeasurable goodwill in sending our young men to protect Iraqi schools, mosques and polling booths. The reason we and Iraqis are winning this war together is that its purpose is to give Iraqis what they want.

It was interesting to hear him telling Dennis that even though the carnage is far from over, the actual war for Iraq has been settled — at least unless we, the US, does something stupid like pulling out completely in short order. Winning the support/acceptance of the Shia (majority of the population) was the ticket. After getting out from under decades of brutal repression by Saddam and the Baathists (Sunni) the majority isn’ keen on lying down under their thumb once again. Funny what getting to cast a vote can do.

Over at Back Talk blog, Engram is analyzing the death count stats and sees some encouraging trends.

Back in 2004 and 2005, there was an insurgency in Iraq driven by former Baathists who wanted to restore themselves to power. In 2006 and 2007, most people (and all Democrats) thought they witnessed a civil war break out in Iraq as casualties increased dramatically. What they actually witnessed was a declaration of war by al Qaeda and a response by Muqtada al Sadr’s Shiite militia. What you are watching now is al Qaeda starting to lose the war they started. I obviously don’t know what the future holds, but I can say that the recent trends are very favorable.

Over at Big Lizards Dafydd is looking at similar data and seeing the same light at the end of the tunnel.

As Iraq cools down, its very existence should make it much easier to deal with problems like Iran, Syria, and even countries in other regions, such as North Korea and Venezuela. Too, the final success of the Bush policy will induce other Western nations — those bold, independent trendsetters — to jump on the bandwagon. (“Oceania has always supported pre-emptive strikes, covert action, and counterinsurgency!”)

All I can say is thank you, Mr. President, for quite literally sticking to your guns. You will be remembered… but not the way Majority Leader Harry “Pinky” Reid (D-Caesar’s Palace, 90%) fantasizes!

Thanks guys, one certainly won’t be reading this in the NYT, LAT or WaPo anytime soon!

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