U.S. Military Scores Another Hit On Al Queda

As reported in Americas most liberal news outlet the New York Times, Al Qaeda has been largely defeated in Baghdad. It appears the long debated surge is proving to have been a potential legacy saver for President George W. Bush. Baghdad is now on track to become the second major battle ground to be cleared. The surge has so far produced the clearing of terrorist strongholds in the Anbar Province and now the capital is on its way to peace. A huge sign of impending peace, as reported on the Times Online, is the soon to be signed "fatwa against violence". It is a document signaling that both the Sunni and the Shia are going to stop the violence in Iraq. Once again reality trumps liberalism. Despite claims by liberals that the Iraqis are too violent to self govern, the different sects of Iraq are taking steps to repair the rift and establish a co-governed Iraq. It appears that U.S. forces are finally beginning to see the result of their hard work, and their leaders strong planning.

General Pretreaus should be commended and honored. He has taken a seemingly endless conflict and with the help of a new strategy and white house support turned this into a war that can be won. Petreaus's plan has provided the needed security that will allow Iraqi leaders and U.S. leaders to begin to provide the vital infrastructure the country has lacked during the last 4 years.

Maj. Gen. Joseph F. Fil Jr., commander of United States forces in Baghdad was quoted in the New York Times Article as saying "that if 2007 was the year of security, 2008 would probably be a year of reconstruction, a year of infrastructure repair, and a year of, if there’s going to be a surge, a year of the surge of the economy" It seems the victory is insight. We now have obtained a level of security in Iraq that will allow the infrastructure of the country to be rebuilt. If done right we could see a huge reversal by the end of 2008.

Yet what was the reaction of Nancy Pelosi when asked to put forth funding for the war. She attached a condition, to the 50 billion dollars, that the President must begin withdrawing troops. Nancy, you are the speaker of the house your job is to legislate not run the military. Just because your attempts to legislate a democratic agenda have been monumental failures dose not make it your job to dictate foreign policy to the President of the United States.

Stories Used:

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/faith/article2830563.ece
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/huff-wires/20071108/us-iraq/
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/08/world/middleeast/08iraq.html?_r=1&ref=us&oref=slogin