Just a few days ago, the Leftinistra and the Anti-Americanists were clasping their tiny hands together in solidarity and rejoicing that “Iraq was falling apart”. Those of us “in the know” knew better but the news media did their own style of gleefu…

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Maliki’s Generals worked behind his back to cut a deal with al-Sadr. Maliki is toast. He started weak and unpopular, now he is weaker and has no constituency left except for George Bush. The only thing that keeps him in office is the American military. And it won’t be al-Sadr he has to watch out for. It is his own staff.

Government spokesman Ali al-Dabbagh told FOX News that the decision is “positive and responsive.”

Al-Dabbagh said the move would “help the government confront those who are violating the law” and that it would help to “isolate those who are trying to destroy the government effort”.

He said Iraqi security operations in Basra would not end until the “criminal elements” operating there are removed.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,343231,00.html

Do not assume it is over just because one side claims it is over. It take TWO sides aggreing for it to be over…

But what’s the most flashy headline you read over the weekend? Iraqi army forces defect to al-Sadr. Which ledes us to EM over at HA who says the biggest loser in all of this is the ‘pro-defeat-o-crat’ MSM; so eager for an exploding sectarian violenc…

Everything’s relative and equal, huh?

techno_barbarian on March 30, 2008 at 9:03 PM

Equality may perhaps be a right, but no power on earth can ever turn it into a fact.
- Honore de Balzac

I wonder if over on “the other side” they talk about ODS or CDS or GDS.

MB4 on March 30, 2008 at 8:12 PM

Wouldn’t surprise me a bit. Everything’s relative and equal, huh?

Once again he’s gotten his ass kicked, one again he sue’s for “peace”. The Iraqi central government should keep right on going until the job is done. They settle for “peace” with Mookie again, they’ll be back in another couple of months to address the same issues again.

GarandFan on March 30, 2008 at 7:36 PM

If Maliki settles for “peace” after all his big talk, then Mookie has indeed won.

I could take you a bit more seriously, J_Gocht, if I could get around the apparent glee your posts exude as you toss out your negativity and cynicism and blatant BDS. But, to each his own.

techno_barbarian on March 30, 2008 at 5:43 PM

I wonder if over on “the other side” they talk about ODS or CDS or GDS.

Once again he’s gotten his ass kicked, one again he sue’s for “peace”. The Iraqi central government should keep right on going until the job is done. They settle for “peace” with Mookie again, they’ll be back in another couple of months to address the same issues again.

Politics can certainly make some olde soldiers delusional… Bravo13?

J_Gocht on March 30, 2008 at 5:09 PM

Yes, they certainly can.

We are in a clash of cultures, and in a war that has more to do with perception than military reality. If the enemy can convince enough of our people we’re loosing, and that they are winning, the American population will just plain give up…

If you don’t see the Propoganda value of that type of picture, I certainly can’t convince you.

If you don’t see the coffins, it makes it more just like a video game rather than reality.

MB4 on March 30, 2008 at 5:12 PM

I’m so pleased HotAir has its very own truthers with the Vision of the Anointed keepin’ it real.

I could take you a bit more seriously, J_Gocht, if I could get around the apparent glee your posts exude as you toss out your negativity and cynicism and blatant BDS. But, to each his own.
techno_barbarian on March 30, 2008 at 5:43 PM

t_b I have no glee, only immense sadness in both my heart and soul.

As for negativity and cynicism and blatant BDS, you’re right! I’m going to begin PTSS counseling next week. It’s only 46 years after the fact and I’m paying for it myself!

It’s an “Army of One” isn’t it?

If you don’t see the coffins, it makes it more just like a video game rather than reality.

MB4 on March 30, 2008 at 5:12 PM
Ain’t that the damn TRUTH!

J_Gocht on March 30, 2008 at 5:28 PM

I prefer to read BlackFive and other fine milblogs to learn the stories of our heroes in those flag-draped coffins and to honor their service and their sacrifice.

Never considered the video game-like aspect of it at all.

I could take you a bit more seriously, J_Gocht, if I could get around the apparent glee your posts exude as you toss out your negativity and cynicism and blatant BDS. But, to each his own.

If you don’t see the coffins, it makes it more just like a video game rather than reality.

MB4 on March 30, 2008 at 5:12 PM

Ain’t that the damn TRUTH!

Nice work, Ed.

This is not Bush’s policy, this is the policy of the Armed Forces, and has been the policy for quite a few years (ie prior to Bush).
As an X service member myself, the last thing we want is our dead brother’s being politicized, by ANYONE.
Romeo13 on March 30, 2008 at 4:37 PM

President Bush’s policy is to; not allow the flag draped coffins of our fallen hero’s to be photographed at Dover Air Base on their return from Iraq. This to me is truly the final nail in their coffins.

Think about it!

J_Gocht on March 30, 2008 at 4:29 PM

If you don’t see the coffins, it makes it more just like a video game rather than reality.

This is not Bush’s policy, this is the policy of the Armed Forces, and has been the policy for quite a few years (ie prior to Bush).
As an X service member myself, the last thing we want is our dead brother’s being politicized, by ANYONE.
Romeo13 on March 30, 2008 at 4:37 PM

Romeo13, you’re saying that President Clinton didn’t allow the coffins of the Rangers from Somalia and “those killed” in the extended air war against Serbia to be photographed?

Tell me now and tell me true Romeo13…You would not want to be recognized for posterity as one who had fallen bravely for your country under our glorious flag?

As for being politicized…Had I fallen in Vietnam; I would have been proud to have had my dead cold corpse displayed for all to see beneath the flag for which I fought!

Politics can certainly make some olde soldiers delusional… Bravo13?

The speed at which the MSM went from ignoring Iraq to proclaiming that we were loosing was actually pretty impressive see above!
Amazing photos from AFP on either LGF or Jawa, a professionally staged photo shoot for the newest release of Brave Mahdi Fighters trading cards.
Sadr and Iran; the Iranians continue to build their sphere of influence with Shiite blood spilled in the battle against the Great Satan. The Mahdi are nothing more than Iraq’s Hezbollah. Maliki as a Shiite cannot afford to keep killing members of his sect without running the risk of being branded an instrument of the United States crusader agenda.

President Bush’s policy is to; not allow the flag draped coffins of our fallen hero’s to be photographed at Dover Air Base on their return from Iraq. This to me is truly the final nail in their coffins.

Think about it!

J_Gocht on March 30, 2008 at 4:29 PM

This is not Bush’s policy, this is the policy of the Armed Forces, and has been the policy for quite a few years (ie prior to Bush).

As an X service member myself, the last thing we want is our dead brother’s being politicized, by ANYONE.