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2007-10-23 Iraq

No Nightmare - Why the Surge is working despite Sanchez

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Posted by Nimble Spemble 2007-10-23 09:24|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#1 Gen. Sanchez was talking about the MSM. Which is a nightmare. And has no end in sight.

In Iraq, on the other hand, things are getting alot better. The problem for Al Qaeda is that their template for taking over the world depends on reducing the world to a 7th century Hellhole. Then they look better by comparison.

As soon as people figure that out, the US approach looks alot more attractive. The Iraqis seem to be figuring this out faster than most Muslims.

Killing infidels may be fun, but when you discover someone's defined you as an infidel, this whole Jihad thing loses its attraction.

Al

Posted by Frozen Al 2007-10-23 18:55|| 2007-10-23 18:55|| Front Page Top

#2 If Sanchez and Casey are Westmoreland, then Petraeus is today's Abrams. I hope DC treats today's Abrams better than they treated the original. Adrian Cronauer still wears the patch: "When I left Vietnam, We Were Winning."

Posted by doc 2007-10-23 19:21|| 2007-10-23 19:21|| Front Page Top

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