You worded your post in a manner that gave the usual crowd of SURRENDER types an opening.

Note not single comment mentoned or even dealt with the content of what you posted.


Politically they are moving slowly but they also have made progress..kinda mixed bag and you can't expect much more then that specially when you look at our Congress. Passage of those issues may help some but it will not cause theenemy to giveup not with te cheerleading squad in the USA telling them they are winners every day.

Militarily the surge has had a significant impact in al Anbar with a moderate impact in Baghdad and the immediate surrouding area...overall though the coutr has becomemore stable then it was. Iraqis are in fact taking more of an active role in combat as well as policing duties.