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Wednesday August 27, 2008 10:53 |
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 As the polls tell us that Americans continue to disapprove of George Bush's job skills, and as historians oddly try to predict the future by saying he will go down as the worst president in history, Americans are now showing the highest confidence in the War on Terror and the War in Iraq since the war began! Much of Bush's disapproval ratings have been attributed to his handling of the War on Terror and the War in Iraq. He has gotten no credit for the fact we haven't suffered another attack on American soil since 9/11. Surely he would have been blamed if we had. So, it seems only fair to give him credit for the fact we haven't. The War in Iraq continues to go far better than expected just a year ago. (So much for historians' abilities to predict the future)!
I have long said history will look back on George Bush as a great hero who withstood tremendous political opposition to do what is right, and if these numbers continue to hold up, it may not be that long into the future before my prediction comes true. This also bodes ill for the Democrats as they have pinned all their hopes for this year's election on their opposition to the War in Iraq. This may partially explain why Obama has slipped a point in the polls after the second night of the Democratic Convention. Rasmussen Reports - August 27, 2008 Voter confidence in the War on Terror is at the highest level ever recorded since Rasmussen Reports began regular tracking in January 2004. Fifty-four percent (54%) of American voters now think the United States and its allies are winning the war. The previous high-water mark for optimism--52%--was reached a handful of times in September and October 2004.
Optimism about the situation in Iraq is also at an all-time high. Forty-eight percent (48%) now expect the situation in that troubled country to get better over the next six months. Only 17% expect things to get worse. In addition to being the most optimistic assessment ever recorded, these numbers reflect a remarkable turnaround over the past year. Last August, just 27% thought things were going to get better while 47% were pessimistic. |
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Sunday July 27, 2008 13:11 |
The United States Is Now Winning The War That Two Years Ago Seemed Lost  What is going on with the liberal media? Are things going so swimmingly in Iraq that they're actually forced under weight of the truth to finally admit it?
This article is from the ASSOCIATED PRESS. Not exactly a Bush-supporting organization. Can you say "Helen Thomas"? I'm sure you will join me in welcoming this most excellent news. "The insurgency as a whole has withered to the point where it is no longer a threat to Iraq's future."
AP: By Robert Burns and Robert H. Reid – 17 hours ago
BAGHDAD (AP) — The United States is now winning the war that two years ago seemed lost. Limited, sometimes sharp fighting and periodic terrorist bombings in Iraq are likely to continue, possibly for years. But the Iraqi government and the U.S. now are able to shift focus from mainly combat to mainly building the fragile beginnings of peace — a transition that many found almost unthinkable as recently as one year ago. Despite the occasional bursts of violence, Iraq has reached the point where the insurgents, who once controlled whole cities, no longer have the clout to threaten the viability of the central government. That does not mean the war has ended or that U.S. troops have no role in Iraq. It means the combat phase finally is ending, years past the time when President Bush optimistically declared it had. The new phase focuses on training the Iraqi army and police, restraining the flow of illicit weaponry from Iran, supporting closer links between Baghdad and local governments, pushing the integration of former insurgents into legitimate government jobs and assisting in rebuilding the economy. Scattered battles go on, especially against al-Qaida holdouts north of Baghdad. But organized resistance, with the steady drumbeat of bombings, kidnappings, assassinations and ambushes that once rocked the capital daily, has all but ceased. This amounts to more than a lull in the violence. It reflects a fundamental shift in the outlook for the Sunni minority, which held power under Saddam Hussein. They launched the insurgency five years ago. They now are either sidelined or have switched sides to cooperate with the Americans in return for money and political support. |
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Friday July 25, 2008 14:40 |
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Washington Post
July 23, 2008
Max Boot There is some irony in the fact that Democrats, after years of deriding Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki as a hopeless bungler and conniving Shiite sectarian, are now treating as sacrosanct his suggestion that Iraq will be ready to assume responsibility for its own security by 2010. Naturally this is because his position seems to support that of Barack Obama. A little skepticism is in order here. The prime minister has political motives for what he's saying -- whatever that is. An anonymous Iraqi official told the state-owned Al-Sabah newspaper, "Maliki thinks that Obama is most likely to win in the presidential election" and that "he's got to take preemptive steps before Obama gets to the White House." By smoothing Obama's maiden voyage abroad as the Democratic nominee, Maliki may figure that he will collect chits that he can call in later. |
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Tuesday July 08, 2008 19:55 |
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Obama and the Democrats voted against the surge. They said it wouldn't work. Then they said it didn't work. But guess what? It's working! Now you don't hear them talking about it much anymore. From the TimesOnline.co.uk
July 6, 2008 Marie Colvin in Mosul American and Iraqi forces are driving Al-Qaeda in Iraq out of its last redoubt in the north of the country in the culmination of one of the most spectacular victories of the war on terror. After being forced from its strongholds in the west and centre of Iraq in the past two years, Al-Qaeda’s dwindling band of fighters has made a defiant “last stand” in the northern city of Mosul. A huge operation to crush the 1,200 fighters who remained from a terrorist force once estimated at more than 12,000 began on May 10. Operation Lion’s Roar, in which the Iraqi army combined forces with the Americans’ 3rd Armoured Cavalry Regiment, has already resulted in the death of Abu Khalaf, the Al-Qaeda leader, and the capture of more than 1,000 suspects. The group has been reduced to hit-and-run attacks, including one that killed two off-duty policemen yesterday, and sporadic bombings aimed at killing large numbers of officials and civilians. Last Friday I joined the 2nd Iraqi Division as it supported local police in a house-to-house search for one such bomb after intelligence pointed to a large explosion today. Even in the district of Zanjali, previously a hotbed of the insurgency, it was possible to accompany an Iraqi colonel on foot through streets of breeze-block houses studded with bullet holes. Hundreds of houses were searched without resistance but no bomb was found, only 60kg of explosives. American and Iraqi leaders believe that while it would be premature to write off Al-Qaeda in Iraq, the Sunni group has lost control of its last urban base in Mosul and its remnants have been largely driven into the countryside to the south. Nouri al-Maliki, Iraq’s prime minister, who has also led a crackdown on the Shi’ite Mahdi Army in Basra and Baghdad in recent months, claimed yesterday that his government had “defeated” terrorism. “They were intending to besiege Baghdad and control it,” Maliki said. “But thanks to the will of the tribes, security forces, army and all Iraqis, we defeated them.” The number of foreign fighters coming over the border from Syria to bolster Al-Qaeda’s numbers is thought to have declined to as few as 20 a month, compared with 120 a month at its peak. Brigadier General Abdullah Abdul, a senior Iraqi commander, said: “We’ve limited their movements with check-points. They are doing small attacks and trying big ones, but they’re mostly not succeeding.” Major-General Mark Hertling, American commander in the north, said: “I think we’re at the irreversible point.” |
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Friday June 13, 2008 18:15 |
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7,805 civilian Iraqi lives were saved by the U.S. action taken in Iraq in May. That's compared to the number of lives that would have been expected to be taken under Saddam Hussein's tyrannical rule. The Wall Street Journal estimates that Saddam was directly responsible for more than 2,000,000 deaths during his 20-year reign of terror. That averages out to 8,333 murders a month. So with 528 deaths last month, our actions in Iraq helped save 7,805 lives. Not only does May 2008 mark the lowest number of Iraqi civilian casualties since 2005, but other key figures are up, showing improvement in nearly every sector. Nearly twice as many Iraqis are drinking potable water and have access to proper sewage than did under Saddam's rule. More Iraqis are getting electricity for more hours a day than in Saddam's Iraq. More Iraqis have phones and 150 times more Iraqis have cell phones. And U.S. troop levels are down nearly 10% from just 8 months ago. Iraq: Key Figures Since the War began in 2003 ELECTRICITY: - Prewar nationwide: 3,958 megawatts. Hours per day (estimated): 4-8.
- May 26, 2008 nationwide: 4,110 megawatts. Hours per day: 9.9.
TELEPHONES:- Prewar land lines: 833,000
- April 4, 2008: 1,360,000
- Prewar cell phones: 80,000
- April 30, 2008: More than 12,000,000
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