And why don't we check in on Canada's Lowest Common Denominatrix™ to see how well she's dealing with the real world?
May 20, 2007:
At Instapundit, another email from Michael Yon;
I cannot believe my eyes and ears in Anbar. Very quiet where I am. Did a foot patrol today with Iraqi Army and a couple of Marines. Local population was friendly. Have not heard a shot fired in anger in days. (Whereas before the sounds of war were nearly always in the air.)
May 24, 2007:
Backign up earlier commentary by MIchael Yon, more good news from the heart of the Sunni insurgency;
The level of violence has plummeted in recent weeks. An alliance of U.S. troops and local tribes has been very effective in moving against the al-Qaeda foreign fighters. A senior U.S. military official told me—confirming reports from several other sources—that there have been "a couple of days recently during which there were zero effective attacks and less than 10 attacks overall in the province (keep in mind that an attack can be as little as one round fired). This is a result of sheiks stepping up and opposing AQI [al-Qaeda in Iraq] and volunteering their young men to serve in the police and army units there." The success in Anbar has led sheiks in at least two other Sunni-dominated provinces, Nineveh and Salahaddin, to ask for similar alliances against the foreign fighters.
June 17, 2007:
Joe Lieberman;
I recently returned from Iraq and four other countries in the Middle East, my first trip to the region since December. In the intervening five months, almost everything about the American war effort in Baghdad has changed, with a new coalition military commander, Gen. David Petraeus; a new U.S. ambassador, Ryan Crocker; the introduction, at last, of new troops; and most important of all, a bold, new counterinsurgency strategy.
Meanwhile, back on planet Earth:
Bachmann: Surge needs time
U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann continued to stand by President Bush's military surge in Iraq, two days after returning from a congressional trip that put her in the line of fire while visiting Baghdad.
"It hasn't had a chance to be in place long enough to offer a critique of how it's working," said Bachmann, R-Minn...
The delegation's visit was harrowing at times. While visiting with U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Ryan Crocker at the U.S. Embassy inside Baghdad's walled, high-security Green Zone on Friday, mortar blasts landed inside the American-controlled territory.
"This recorded message played four times while we were there, asking us to move away from any windows, to get on the ground and move to the center of the building," Bachmann said. "(Crocker) stayed in his seat and kept talking with us the whole time. He never moved."
But here's the best part:
Security conditions in Iraq prevented Bachmann from meeting any Iraqis, leaving the Green Zone or staying in Iraq overnight. She and other congressional members were required to wear full body armor, including Kevlar helmets, during the entire trip, she said.
Yeah ... all that bad craziness, and they never even left the most secure, most fortified area in Baghdad.
Cue commenter "amosbsk" complaining about ... something, I'm sure. Because that's just the pissy, little whiner he is.
2 comments:
Isn't it also interesting how once there would be all kinds of coverage if the Green Zone was successfully attacked by insurgents even with mortars and now it is almost unnoticed? Whether this is because of downplaying or because it simply has become so common an occurrence it is no longer seen as newsworthy to note in such detail the same underlying conclusion/reality it shows is that things are worse not better when the most secure part of the country cannot be secured anymore and instead is routinely attacked like this.
"Because that's just the pissy, little whiner he is.".....
That's the best you can do? Sparky, the waterboy, adam, hell, even thwap did better than that. Grow a pair, or perhaps you'll need to borrow them, and give it another try.
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