It looks like somebody owes America an apology.
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Thank goodness for today's news... Now, Nancy Pelosi and the Democrats won't have to admit that Al-Qaeda is actually operating in Iraq since they've been obliterated.
Al-Qaeda in Iraq is close to defeat.
Yahoo and the Associated Press reported:
The U.S. ambassador to Iraq said Saturday that al-Qaida's network in the country has never been closer to defeat, and he praised Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki for his moves to rein in Shiite and Sunni militant groups.Here's something to ponder this weekend:
Ryan Crocker's comments came as Iraqi forces have been conducting crackdowns on al-Qaida militants in the northern city of Mosul and on Shiite militiamen in the southern city of Basra. Thousands of Iraqi forces also moved into the Shiite militia stronghold of Sadr City in Baghdad last week imposing control for the first time in years.
But truces with the powerful Mahdi Army militia that have calmed violence in Basra and paved the way for the Sadr City deployment have been strained in the past two days.
Supporters of anti-U.S. cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, who heads the Mahdi Army, accused al-Maliki on Saturday of seeking to eliminate their movement and warned that "dark clouds" hang over the truce.
Al-Qaida fighters or other Sunni insurgents struck back in Mosul on Saturday. A roadside bomb in the city's Sumer neighborhood hit an Iraqi army patrol, destroying a vehicle and killing four soldiers, a police officer said on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to talk to the media.
** Isn't it about time Pelosi apologized to America and Iraq for leading the charge against the Bush Surge?
** Isn't it about time Senator Reid and Speaker Pelosi apologize for calling Iraq a failure?
UPDATE: Iraq announced today that Iraqi troops have dismantled Al-Qaeda's network in the northern city of Mosul.
UPDATE 2: Coalition forces captured an Al-Qaeda senior leader near Mosul on Friday.
These clowns will never apologize to the American people or to those all that qualify to be Vets.
ReplyDeleteIt would probably be to much to expect that Senator Clinton will retract her "willing suspension of disbelief" comment to General Patraeus.
ReplyDeleteNo option but victory.
Dave
There are a number of politicians who have been invested in America's defeat in Iraq since the day U.S. forces toppled Hussein. I don't say that to suggest they were hoping for American failure there, although some make you wonder, but instead to point to the political reality that they attached themselves to opposing the effort and a byproduct of that is political consequence if Iraq turns out to be a success.
ReplyDeleteIn terms of leadership, Congressional democrats have been absent. Short of declaring the war lost, U.S. security in jeopardy, the military destroyed, and highlighting every challenge in fatalistic terms, they have offered nothing.
The old saying, "lead, follow or get out of the way" certainly retains meaning in this situation.
Apologize? Resign is more like it.
ReplyDeleteBit instead, after the next elections their majorities and power will be greater than ever.
Nothing like a big victory to depress the lefties.
ReplyDeleteI agree with all of the above posts.
ReplyDeleteUnfortunately, the damage done by the Democrat leadership's choice to undermine the President's post 9/11 strategy will haunt us on every front of this war for years to come.
This has always been, and continues to be a battle between appeasement and proactiveness as the core of our post 9/11 defense posture.
What frightens me terribly is that there is so much money, and not just dumb ass money, being bet on the appeasement strategy today.
It would probably be to much to expect that Senator Clinton will retract her "willing suspension of disbelief" comment to General Patraeus.
ReplyDeleteI would expect that, were Senator Clinton an honorable human being, that she'd have appeared at this week's Senate hearings with Generals Petraeus and Odierno and made a formal and public apology for the public sneers and scorn she poured upon General Petraeus last September. Likewise, Senator Obama should have publicly apologized for his counterproductive defeatism and attempts to snatch defeat from an approaching victory, for craven purposes of obtaining political power at the expense of the great efforts made by the US to recover Iraq for civilization.
However, neither of these posturing little tomnoddies has any more honor than Benedict Arnold. May they both go down in ignominious defeat and shame.
Hooray! One step closer to vindication for the Right, the President and our glorious military. Let's only hope that one day in the future, people like Petraeus find their way into government so we can spend a few years with real, live, mature adult leadership in our country.
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ReplyDeleteAssociated Press??
no thank you, here's one from Reuters..
Al Qaeda in Iraq "never closer to defeat"-US envoy
excerpt:
[The U.S. ambassador to Iraq praised Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki on Saturday for cracking down on Shi'ite militias and Sunni Arab militants and said al Qaeda in Iraq had never been closer to defeat.
"You are not going to hear me say that al Qaeda is defeated, but they've never been closer to defeat than they are now," Ryan Crocker told reporters during a visit to the Shi'ite holy cities of Najaf and Kerbala in southern Iraq.
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"That's a level of capability that simply wasn't possible even six months ago," he said.
"The government, the prime minister are showing a clear determination to take on extremist armed elements that challenge the authority of the government and they've made it clear that they will do that no matter who these elements are," he said.
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Crocker said he believed provincial elections, expected in October, may take place later because a lot of preparations remained to be done. "It's more important to get this right than get it quick," he said.
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General David Petraeus, commander of U.S. forces in Iraq, said this week the vote would probably be delayed until November.
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The proposed election law would bar political parties with links to militias from standing for election, and Crocker said Sadr's group faced a crucial decision over whether to maintain links to the Mehdi Army.
"Are they going to identify themselves with a militia that is increasingly unpopular generally in the country and which the state has made clear it is not going to tolerate any longer, or are they going to decide on a political approach to their future such as participation in the upcoming provincial elections?" he said.]
aah, it was so refreshing to read
an unbiased report for a change..
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This seem like splitting hairs, but I think it's an important point of order. Reid, Pelosi, et al. should not have to apologize for opposing the surge nor should we demand specifically that; that's tantamount to assigning blame for being wrong, which is a really, really bad precedent.
ReplyDeleteWhat they SHOULD apologize for, however, are the numerous exaggerated soundbites that alleged that the war was already hopelessly lost. It is one thing persist in arguing against the war in a passionate, yet reasonable fashion that does not promote defeatism; it is quite another attempt to force political capitulation through cynical PR moves at the expense of military success.
Isn't it about time Senator Reid and Speaker Pelosi apologize for calling Iraq a failure?
ReplyDeleteDon't hold your breath waiting for that, GP. You really don't look good in that shade of blue.