What’s that I hear? Just crickets chirping? Golly, it was darn near an ear splitting riot when defeat was eagerly awaited. But there’s no bias in the MSM.

Al (mookie) Sadr and the Maliki government reach accord on Sadr City….

Such tools.

Ed Morrissey flagged the impending wave of nasty headlines in response to the Mahdi Army’s setbacks in Baghdad. Since we’re looking to get back into a blogging rhythm with some easy material, here’s the last few hours: * Ann……

“Don’t get me wrong – the surge has been a brilliant stroke, with much success to it’s credit… however the Ayatollahs are not about to relinquish their grip on Iraq’s Shiite population any time soon.”

While Iran clearly has a grip on al Sadr and his groups, he appears to have attracted more criminals than Shia faithful, and his Iranian connection has become a serious liability, not an asset. If the Ayatollahs are now jerking al Sadr’s chain, it suggests that their grip on Iraqi Shia is, in fact, tenuous and that they desperately need any good PR they can get.

jI had oked that the media would portray Sadr’s latest defeat as a victory . I have to tell you I didn’t really believe that. I was being hyperbolic. There was no way they could spin a near-complete surrender as……

How many cities in Iraq remain under the control of al-Sadr, al-Qaida, or other anti-government forces?

As far as I know, the answer is zero. If so, how can this victory be called “rare”?

A short recon of what’s out there that might draw your attention, updated throughout the day…so check back often….

The biggest threat to world peace and stability right now is the dem party. If they gain power over all three branches of our government, none of our allies will be able to trust us.

Well writen techno, truer words were never printed

What? I think success is more the rule than the exception these days. Darned near the entire country is now under Iraqi Army control. Sure, US casualties might have been up last month as we got aggressive and all up in Sadr’s grill, but civilian casualties were down … by a lot. And that is what matters in this one.

Or, is it that they knew all along and were hoping that the I.A. would lose? (Drats! Foiled again!)

I don’t think Senator Harry Reid mentioned anything about this milestone this morning.

http://imus.969fmtalk.mobi/2008/05/12/imus-in-the-morning-guest-sen-harry-reid–51208.aspx

Dr Evil on May 12, 2008 at 11:40 AM

Harry Reid??!!! What a weak, pansy, liberal weasle he is!!!

http://imus.969fmtalk.mobi/2008/05/12/imus-in-the-morning-guest-sen-harry-reid–51208.aspx

LOL…

Romeo13 on May 12, 2008 at 11:34 AM

No way to ever forget something like that. Glad you’re still with us.

techno_barbarian on May 12, 2008 at 11:24 AM

Yeah, its kinda funny how much attention I pay to whats happening there…

Guess it has somthing to do with its the first place anyone ever shot at me… kinda gets personal ya know?

LOL…

Reason Hez backed down this time is they don’t WANT the government that is sheilding them from the West to fall… and take away that cover.

Romeo13 on May 12, 2008 at 11:13 AM

Spot on. Well said.

Israel will have to fight hez in Lebanon again, and I hope they ignore the international call for restraint and utterly destroy hez, and maybe send a more than subtle message to syria as well.

I hope so, but that depends a lot on our general elections.
I hope Bush doesn’t kick that can down the road, gambling on a McCain win.

a capella on May 12, 2008 at 11:08 AM

You and me both, my friend. The biggest threat to world peace and stability right now is the dem party. If they gain power over all three branches of our government, none of our allies will be able to trust us.

techno_barbarian on May 12, 2008 at 10:53 AM

Key to that battle was the Hez held long enough… they didn’t immediatly fold because they knew that Israel was not going to go north of the Litani River…. too much internatinal pressure, and too much information about intent was leaked from the Israeli government.

Essentialy they held because they knew they had a safe line of retreat… take that away and moral plumets in irregular forces pretty rapidly. There have been historic cases of irregulars fighting to the last man, but that was usualy when they were facing ethnic cleansing types of situations, which Hez was not.

IF Hez forces the government of Leb to fall, the Litani will not longer be a defacto border between Hez and Leb… and the Israelis will feel more free to project force deeper into Leb… and won’t have as much international backlash.

Reason Hez backed down this time is they don’t WANT the government that is sheilding them from the West to fall… and take away that cover.

- Al-Sadr Tightens the Screws
- Has Sadr Got the Upper Hand?
- The Next Front in the Sadr Standoff
- How Moqtada al-Sadr Won in Basra
- Will Maliki Go the Distance?

Soon we’ll squash iran’s nuke threats and the world will be much better off for it. Won’t be perfect. Never will be perfect, but undeniably better and safer.

techno_barbarian on May 12, 2008 at 10:42 AM

I hope so, but that depends a lot on our general elections.
I hope Bush doesn’t kick that can down the road, gambling on a McCain win.

“At times clearly partisan,

Don’t you love it when they call it “partisan”, when they think he’s wrong? To me it’s not partisan. It’s as simple as right & wrong.