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| Michael Yon: "The war is over and we won." |
| 2008-11-14 |
| Instapundit Michael Yon just phoned from Baghdad, and reports that things are much better than he had expected, and he had expected things to be good. "There's nothing going on. I'm with the 10th Mountain Division, and about half of the guys I'm with haven't fired their weapons on this tour and they've been here eight months. And the place we're at, South Baghdad, used to be one of the worst places in Iraq. And now there's nothing going on. I've been walking my feet off and haven't seen anything. I've been asking Iraqis, 'do you think the violence will kick up again,' but even the Iraqi journalists are sounding optimistic now and they're usually dour." There's a little bit of violence here and there, but nothing that's a threat to the general situation. Plus, not only the Iraqi Army, but even the National Police are well thought of by the populace. Training from U.S. toops has paid off, he says, in building a rapport. He says the big problem everybody is talking about now is corruption. But hey, we have that here, too. He'll be heading to Afghanistan next week. "Afghanistan is a bad situation, but on Iraq I can't believe things have turned out so well." He thinks that Obama will be able to pull troops out, and send some to Afghanistan, without creating problems in Iraq. Michael will be reporting from Afghanistan soon, and sending back video, so stay tuned. Things aren't going swimmingly there. |
| Posted by:Mike |
| #6 Watch Obama try to steal credit for the win. Or, more accurately, the Press will try to give him the credit. He deserves no credit, it was in spite of him. |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2008-11-14 18:47 |
| #5 Subjectively speaking, in Iraq the US = US-Allies won a BATTLE, NOTSOMUCH A "WAR" OR "GWOT" AS RADICAL ISLAMISM ISN'T ABSOL DEFEATED OR DESTROYED YET. Iff the 10th Mountain, etc. US MILDIVS like not having to use their weapons in combat = righteous indignation/amgst, the US GOVT-NPE + USDOD has better make sure IRAN + ISLAMISTS DON'T GO NUKULAR VEE PAN-ISLAMIST NUCLEARIZATION + STRATEGIC WEAPONIZATION, THAT IRAN EVOLS INTO A DE FACTO WESTERN ALLY IN THE GWOT, NOT A PRO-TERROR NUCLEAR ENEMY, OR AN ANTI-US BELLIGERENT "MODERATE". * CLINTON ADMIN = DUBYA ADMIN = NEW OBAMA/BAMELOT ADMIN > Iff PAN-GOVT US-WESTERN PERTS BELIEVE THAT IRAN IS A PROB, THEN EITHER MIL INVADE AND OCCUPY IRAN, ETC. TO PRECLUDE A MORE DANGEROUS FUTURE NUCLEAR-TERROR THREAT TO THE US-WORLD, OR IN THE ALTERN GET IRAN TO REFORM + ON OUR SIDE. * GENERAL DOUGLAS MACARTHUR SAYING > "NO ONE HATES WAR MORE THAN THE [combat]SOLDIER", becuz a Soldier(s) ultimately will be placed in the forefront of REPAIRING OR REPLACING WHAT HE HIMSELF HELPED TO KILL ANDOR DESTROY, TO PROTECT HIS OWN! |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2008-11-14 17:38 |
| #4 But that's what they do, Newc. |
| Posted by: Grunter 2008-11-14 16:42 |
| #3 A silver platter for the donks. Don't F*** it up. |
| Posted by: newc 2008-11-14 14:37 |
| #2 I meant to post this under Hillary Clinton article. A little thanks to George Bush, General Petraeus, and John McCain. No thanks to the surrender first donks. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2008-11-14 14:18 |
| #1 It seems like the donks are a package deal. One wins and they all win. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2008-11-14 14:16 |