Tue, 24 Jul 2007 14:45:00
Progress in Iraq? Unpossible.
I suppose it wouldn’t hurt to hear from someone who is there and doesn’t think all is lost. Although obviously he’s a stooge for the BusHitler/PNAC/Filthy Jews cabal.
IN THE AMERICAN media, Iraq’s steady progress toward security is frequently overshadowed by news of the latest act of mass terrorism. Yet for those of us who actually live here, progress is visible to all but the most irreconcilable skeptics. Just this week, Ashraf Jehangir Qazi, the United Nations’ special representative for Iraq, announced at a news conference in Baghdad that Iraq had achieved, or at least started to achieve, 75% of the benchmarks it set for itself in the U.N.-led International Compact with Iraq.
The military force increase by the United States called “the surge” is only one element in the Iraqi and coalition strategy. The other elements are the political/diplomatic initiatives and economic progress — and the reality is that the strategy is working in spite of the monumental obstacles presented by international terrorists and difficult conditions inside Iraq.
I mean really, who are you gonna believe: someone who is there, or someone sitting at home in his underwear ranting and raving about how we’ve already lost while eating Cheetos out of the bag and downloading “Dirty Young Schoolgirls #62?”
Exactly. Cheetoman knows what he’s talking about.
*UPDATE*
Then of course there’s the always-amazing reporting from Michael Totten, who I think spends more time in the Middle East than most reporters spend reading about the Middle East. The words of LT Wolfe:
“Most of what we’re doing doesn’t get reported in the media,” he said. “We’re not fighting a war here anymore, not in this area. We’ve moved way beyond that stage. We built a soccer field for the kids, bought all kinds of equipment, bought them school books and even chalk. Soon we’re installing 1,500 solar street lamps so they have light at night and can take some of the load off the power grid. The media only covers the gruesome stuff. We go to the sheiks and say hey man, what kind of projects do you want in this area? They give us a list and we submit the paperwork. When the projects get approved, we give them the money and help them buy stuff.”
Oh please. You BusHitler stooge killitary madman. How dare you try to convince us Americans that good is being done in Iraq! We read the New York Times, we have Nancy Pelosi to tell us the truth.
In case anyone doesn’t get it, that was extra-thick sarcasm. Go to Totten’s site and read the story of the house “raid” for a little snapshot of how - but maybe more importantly why - things are turning around.
Posted by JimK at 02:45 PM on July 24, 2007
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#1 Posted by Drumwaster
on 07/24 at 08:59 PM -
I blame Bush.
Let’s impeach the bastard!
(I have to say that or else some people will claim that I’m just a Moore lapdog threatening to have you all assassinated or something like that...)