If dems try to short circuit operations in Iraq now that progress is being made it will be the a political blunder of epic proportions. They will effectively assume the responsibility (read: blame) for a failed policy should they achieve their political goals of making it a failed policy in the first place.

Senator Mark Pryor (D-AR) wants to make the date of withdrawal from Iraq secret so as not to tip off the enemy. That means keeping it secret from the American……

The part about receiving tips from locals is key.

Yeap, and if the Democrats have their way, when the Iraqi’s go to call 911, no one will be there to answer…….

Go Troops, GO!

I said once before, betting against America and our fine military is a VERY bad idea!!!!…

Besides the popular “enemy-of-my-enemy” meme, I’m trying to wrap my arms around why Iran (Shiite) and AQ (Sunni) would partner together.

They’re both interested, first and foremost, in a US defeat and pullout.

absolute key is to get people out of their trucks and meeting people on the ground

That’s always been the key to defeating an insurgency. The more contact people have with our troops, the more they understand what our objectives are ad the more willing those people are to help us achieve those objectives. I wish more people in the MSM and Congress understood this concept as applied to the military.

If public contact works for politics, (How many politicians stay away from the public during a campaign? None, that I know of.) it should also work for any human endeavor, like building a stable and cooperative middle east. The more they know us, the more they appreciate us and the more they will support us.

I wish the defeatocrats in congress had a lot more personal contact with members of the military, for if they do they may actually start to support the troops as well.

The dispicable harry reid did it just yesterday. He claimed that there has been no change in tactics, that W isn’t listening, blah blah blah… same old broken record.

The message is going to get out that we’re winning, and have been for a while. America is a country of winners and innovators. Not losers. Success has many fathers. Failure has none.

Watch and see. America will soon turn on the cowards trying so desperately to walk away and lose this battle. They will forever wear the shame they’ve earned. Can’t happen quick enough.

But the bottom line, in both the press and from a much more reliable source on the ground in Baghdad, is that the surge is working. So far.

Careful there Bryan. We all know quoting people with boots on the ground in Iraq is frowned upon by the MSM. We all know these soldiers are told what to say by Bush/Cheney/Gates/Rove, hence they are considered a Class A unrelible source of information.

How dare you!

Via Instapundit, Frank Warner notes that public opinion on the progress of the Iraq War is slightly more optimistic: One little-publicized finding of the new Pew poll is that, compared to last month, Americans now are slightly more optimistic about……

I’ve heard it said Iran is helping AQ in Iraq and providing safe haven to AQ fleeing Afghan but it’s not quite adding up for me… yet.