Is the War Over?
Michael Trotten/Commentary Magazine "Independent reporter Michael Yon has spent more time in Iraq embedded with combat soldiers than any other journalist in the world, and a few days ago he boldly declared the war over:
Barring any major and unexpected developments (like an Israeli air strike on Iran and the retaliations that would follow), a fair-minded person could say with reasonable certainty that the war has ended. A new and better nation is growing legs. What's left is messy politics that likely will be punctuated by low-level violence and the occasional spectacular attack. Yet, the will of the Iraqi people has changed, and the Iraqi military has dramatically improved, so those spectacular attacks are diminishing along with the regular violence. Now it's time to rebuild the country, and create a pluralistic, stable and peaceful Iraq. That will be long, hard work. But by my estimation, the Iraq War is over. We won. Which means the Iraqi people won.
I’m reluctant to say “the war has ended,” as he did, but everything else he wrote is undoubtedly true. The war in Iraq is all but over right now, and it will be officially over if the current trends in violence continue their downward slide. That is a mathematical fact.
If you doubt it, look at the data.
Security incidents, or attacks, are at their lowest level in four years......." continued
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Thursday, July 17, 2008
Time To Bring 'Em Home Victorious 2
I declared the war over in this post weeks ago, now others including Michael Yon who's been there and done that for years now are also calling it a done deal too. It's now the time to declare victory before the election to keep the friggin liberals from snatching credit for a job well done by the military and George Bush and start bringing our troops home just in case, should Obama somehow manage to win the election and then attempt to lay claim to ending the war...
Time To Bring 'Em Home Victorious 2
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