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| Iraq |
| The normalization of Iraq -- SNAFUs no longer acceptable |
| 2009-10-12 |
| The overall level of violence in the country continues to decline, despite the occasional terrorist bombing. This has led to continued economic growth, and more Iraqis are using their freedom of movement, and action, to protest government incompetence. The inept performance of elected and appointed officials is more stark in Iraq, where economic freedom has created many spectacularly successful entrepreneurs, and a growing middle class. Thus it is obvious that Iraqis can get things done, and more Iraqis are openly upset at the poor performance of their elected officials. People are also very unhappy about the ability of criminal gangs to kidnap and rob the newly affluent. While the very rich can hire security guards, the middle class is dependent on the police and other security forces. It is believed that the cops are paid off by criminal gangs, and the population is not happy with this. The government is certainly inept in the way it handles money. With the collapse of oil prices in the last year, officials were slow to adapt. Now there are shortages everywhere in the government, especially in the security forces. This is having an impact on how effective the police are, and how safe the citizens are. Iraqis are fed up with this sort of thing, but slow to realize that it takes a country full of responsible people to create a responsible society. Iraqis are confused about the sudden surge of terror bombings in western Anbar province. Long an al Qaeda stronghold, over the last two years, the locals have turned, often violently, against the terrorists. The new violence is believed to be partly political, as new parties use violence to make incumbent politicians look bad. People believe that because politics has always been pretty dirty in this part of the country. October 7, 2009: The roundup of terrorists in and around Mosul has now grabbed over 200 suspects. The Iraqis used the American technique of quickly exploiting information (documents, computer files) from one arrest, so more, and more, could be made. This disrupted the security and communications of the terrorist networks in the north, and the police are doing some major damage to the many small groups that have made the violence possible. October 3, 2009: In Mosul, police and soldiers have arrested some 150 terrorism suspects over the last week. This operation was the result of improved intelligence operations, a process that has been underway for the past year. The terrorists are sustained by a network of financiers and specialists, and police have been attacking, and infiltrating those networks for several years now. |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #4 This article makes Iraq sound like the USA. |
| Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305 2009-10-12 12:41 |
| #3 Just remember the Democrats were going to raise their tails and bug-out, run, hide, momma save me flee. And they are the same people they were yesterday, only now its today. Suave kaput and now we have Obama who is a "mouth"( doesnt he give pretty speeches?) and nothing more. Even the French thinks he's weak. I ADMIRED Dick Cheney, but then that's just me. If you take 100 Americans only six of them will fight, the rest will vote for some squeegie... heroes like Kerry "reporting for duty". Yeah, that good ol' Democratic Party leadership. If you lose a war you dont get a second chance. There isnt any "nice " way to do a war. There was nothing "wrong" with Rumsfeld except he wasnt Harry Reid and Bawney Frank. The United States is betraying its soldiers and Marines just like they did to the brave men who served in VietNam a generation ago. Obama wouldnt fight if you raped his kids. He's a kiss ass. Why should we care what the EUroweenies think...they wont fight. They cant even breed. Lets tell everybody we are "sorry". Lets let the Nobel people spit on us and pin a "Peace Prize" on our Donkey butts. |
| Posted by: Angleton9 2009-10-12 04:53 |
| #2 Thats 125% opposite a "failed War". They have awakened to the simplistics of self empowerment. They will not be willing to lose that for a LOOOONG time. |
| Posted by: newc 2009-10-12 00:46 |
| #1 I call this progress, Thanks George for all you have done. Thanks go out to the Coalition Forces for the real sacrifices they have made to make this happen. I for one will never forget you. Thank you all - Large Uniter8538 |
| Posted by: Large Uniter8538 2009-10-12 00:28 |