Since the beginning of our action in Iraq, there has been an unending cacophony of vitriol spewed at President Bush and our efforts to drain the terrorist swamp and free 50 million people. The Looney-Left and their bought-and-paid-for politicians have called the President and our troops everything but human. They have been gleefully pronouncing the defeat of the United States almost before we had boots on the ground. Aided and abetted by a compliant media establishment, this “defeat” has been chronicled ad nauseam. Every incident that could be spun into bad news was used to pummel the Administration and undermine the efforts of our military the front pages of newspapers and lead stories of new-casts. There were no end to this defeatist coverage force-fed to the American public and the world.
How odd it is now, and how deafening the silence when there is actually good news happening on the ground in Iraq. The earth-shaking news (in any other war) that the enemy has been routed and chased from Baghdad got nary a mention in the US media. This story ran in the New York Times around November 8th but was nowhere near the front page, but buried on page A-19! For those who missed it (and how could you not miss it?) here it is:
American forces have routed Al Qaeda in Mesopotamia, the Iraqi militant network, from every neighborhood of Baghdad, a top American general said today, allowing American troops involved in the “surge” to depart as planned.
Maj. Gen. Joseph F. Fil Jr., commander of United States forces in Baghdad, also said that American troops had yet to clear some 13 percent of the city, including Sadr City and several other areas controlled by Shiite militias. But, he said, “there’s just no question” that violence had declined since a spike in June.
“Murder victims are down 80 percent from where they were at the peak,” and attacks involving improvised bombs are down 70 percent, he said.
I have not heard any national politician on the Liberal-Looney-Left-Democrat side even acknowledge this news, much less applaud it. The Democrats have tried to pass legislation 41 times as of today, to ensure defeat of the United States by limiting military funds and attempting to micro-manage a war. They have been and continue to pander to their liberal anti-war base to the enormous detriment to our national security and safety of our troops. This, however, does not seem to bother them as they wont to continue this destructive behavior. They are so completely invested in the defeat of the United States as to be in complete denial of the real possibility that we are within reach of victory in this phase of the War on Terror.
How could anyone want people such as this to be the leader of anything, much less the United States?
