Comments on: “Fierce battles” against Al Qaeda being fought in Baghdad — but by whom?

By: Hot Air » Blog Archive » U.S. troops begin joint patrols of Baghdad area with … Sunni insurgents

Tue, 05 Jun 2007 22:00:32 +0000

[...] It’s in Amiriyah, the same neighborhood where the Islamic Army of Iraq and AQ went toe to toe last Thursday. I wondered in a later post about whether reports of U.S. gunships in the area meant we were effectively fighting on the side of insurgents against Al Qaeda. [...]

By: georgej

georgej — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 11:50:24 +0000

This is the end for Al Qaeda in Iraq, IMHO. The surge made this possible by adding needed momentum to this process that began late in 2005 with red-on-red engagements.

This uniting of the traditional Iraqi leadership infrastructure to forcefully repudiate Al Qaeda is very, very good news indeed, especially as the bastions of Al Qaeda are rising up and tossing them out.

It is not over yet. We have to deal with the Shiites (especially Mookie) and the Iranian’s interference inside of Iraq. But if the glacial pace of reconcilliation of the post-Saddam era has been hindered by the sectarian fighting INSTIGATED by Al Qaeda’s attacks on both Shia and Sunnis, the elimination of them will bring Iraq much closer to working out a practical method of governing.

And that is a win-win for both the USA and Iraq, and a lose-lose for the left and the Democratic Party.

It took 5 years for the bitter, violent, 1920 revolt to start to ebb into “nuisance” levels. I think the 2003 revolt is about to run the same course. My personal opinion is that should the Sunnis eviscerate Al Qaeda (and their influence), and should the sheiks reach out to the Shia leadership in the government, by fall of 2008, Iraq will be much calmer and those of us who supported this war will have been proven to be right all along.

And the Democrats (Murtha, Reid, Kerry, Pelosi, Durbin, and the rest of the traitor-clan) will have been clearly proven wrong.

And the Party of Treason (i.e., the Democrats) will have been exposed — just as the election comes around — as a bunch of stupids who must never, ever, be trusted with the nation’s security again.

As I said, this is very, very good news, indeed! On a number of fronts.

By: Hot Air » Blog Archive » Odierno: We’re negotiating with insurgents for a ceasefire

Thu, 31 May 2007 23:16:21 +0000

[...] Whatever friction there may be between Sunni insurgents and Al Qaeda, you would think they’d smooth it over and refuse to negotiate given how close they are to their goal of driving us from the country. But you’d be wrong, it seems: US military officers in Iraq are attempting to negotiate ceasefires with some insurgent groups that have been responsible for the violence in the country. [...]

By: Brat

Brat — Thu, 31 May 2007 20:11:24 +0000

Brat: Amen ~~brother~~ sister!!!

Corrected for you, sharinlite. :)

By: sharinlite

sharinlite — Thu, 31 May 2007 20:09:10 +0000

Brat: Amen brother!!!

By: Tony737

Tony737 — Thu, 31 May 2007 20:03:07 +0000

C.P., because it was the Belgian Army (oxymoron) the tree huggers won’t say anything. But had it been us or the Israelis, they’d be all over it.

By: Tony737

Tony737 — Thu, 31 May 2007 20:01:09 +0000

We need more of this. If we have to, we should get on the loud speakers and say “This is the 1920 Brigade! al-qaeda, you shoot like a goat herder!” This kinda stuff gets ‘em all riled up, the U.S. Army was actualy saying this because it’s a HUGE insult! Haha, losers.

By: Brat

Brat — Thu, 31 May 2007 19:57:34 +0000

I defer my comments to Robert Mitchum.

By: Iblis

Iblis — Thu, 31 May 2007 19:55:10 +0000

We shoulda flattened those Mosques as soon as they threw harsh language outta them.

By: CP

CP — Thu, 31 May 2007 19:54:32 +0000

This is off-topic, but that headline on the front page about Europeans finding a use for their armies, e.g., Belgium sending troops to fight the war on caterpillars with blowtorches, read like something out of The Onion.

Exit question: what will the environmentalists/insect-rights people say?

By: Lawrence

Lawrence — Thu, 31 May 2007 19:44:05 +0000

Hmm…

1. President Bush and GOP leadership make certain decisions leading pundits on both sides of the aisle to predict a possible Democrat win the next presidential election.

2. Democrats are vociferous about removing U.S. and coalition military forces from Iraq as quickly as possible.

3. Existing Iraqi government says it is a bad idea for coalition forces to just up and leave.

4. Factions in Iraq smell a power vacuum.

And we wonder about all this new “red on red” warfare?

By: Canadian Imperialist Running Dog

Canadian Imperialist Running Dog — Thu, 31 May 2007 19:22:36 +0000

At what point will the RoE change so that mosques are no longer “safe zones” ?