Don’t Tell Harry Reid, New Report Shows Progress in Iraq

Posted on April 4, 2008

Or for that matter, Barack Hussein Obama or Hillary Clinton because that would just burst their little bubbles.

Both Presidential candidates and Harry “the Human Sleeping Pill” Reid have been out there down-playing any talk of progress in Iraq credited to “The Surge”. But perhaps they all need to read USA Today.

A new classified intelligence assessment on Iraq says there has been significant progress in security since the last assessment was delivered in August, a senior military official said.

In most ways the new National Intelligence Estimate hews closely to the one delivered nine months ago. That document spoke of security gains since the increase in troop levels began in January 2007, the continued high rate of violence and uneven progress on the part of Iraqi security forces.

“It does not differ significantly from August’s NIE,” a congressional official said in describing the document.

The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because the report is classified. They noted that many of the conclusions of the report are already reflected in public statements and press reports.

Since the August report, Sunni tribes have solidified their resistance to al-Qaeda-associated insurgents in Anbar and Diyala provinces, which has weakened the movement.

Friends, this is nothing new. This information has been available for some time now. Progress has been made in Iraq and it is due to the increased troop levels.

The reports of Sunnis joining in the fight against terrorists in Anbar and Diyala we’ve also seen before. The people are tired of being hostages of the terrorists. But don’t tell Harry that. He still believes we are losing the war that has been over since 2003. Oh! Did I write that out loud?

Yes I did. The war itself has been over since 2003. We are no longer engaged in active combat against Iraqi military forces so the War in Iraq is actually over. The insurrection that followed is a security matter.

As we see Iraqi Security Forces step up to the plate and take the lead in securing their nation troop levels are being drawn down to pre-Surge levels. Which, if I’m not mistaken, was the plan from the beginning.

Barack Hussein Obama’s own adviser is suggesting that as many as 80,000 US troops may be required in Iraq until the end of 2010 so the idea of a long term US presence in Iraq is starting to be recognized even by the anti-war candidate. Somehow I don’t think Barack Hussein Obama or Hillary “I Cannot Tell The Truth” Clinton will be following through with campaign promises to begin troop withdrawals on January 20, 2009.