July 8, 2007

THIS MUCH IS CERTAIN...:

U.S. hopes success in Anbar, Iraq can be repeated (John F. Burns, July 8, 2007, NY Times)

Until only a few months ago, the Central Street bazaar was enemy territory, watched over by U.S. machine-gunners in sandbagged bunkers on the roof of the governor's building across the road. Ramadi was the most dangerous city in Iraq, and the area around the building the deadliest place in Ramadi.

Now, a pact between local tribal sheiks and U.S. commanders has sent thousands of young Iraqis from Anbar Province into the fight against extremists linked to Al Qaeda in Mesopotamia. The deal has all but ended the fighting in Ramadi and recast the city as a symbol of hope that the tide of the war may yet be reversed to favor the Americans and their Iraqi allies.


...al Qaeda can't win.

Posted by Orrin Judd at July 8, 2007 8:57 PM
Comments

The North Vietnamese couldn't win either, but they did anyway.

We will Surrender before they quit blowing up their neighbors.

Posted by: Bruno at July 8, 2007 10:58 PM

There was no North Vietnam, just Vietnam.

Posted by: oj at July 9, 2007 7:00 AM

Making some progress in the US Senate lately, though.

Posted by: Rick T. at July 9, 2007 8:42 AM

Rick:

But as Glenn Reynolds pointed out the other day, the Senate is a soft target.

Posted by: jeff at July 9, 2007 4:38 PM
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