The stories of al-Qaeda’s problems are starting to avalanche as Iraq turns the corner, causing a domino effect across the Muslim world in terms of al-Qaeda’s falling credibility and respect. The wave of good news is so strong I can only synopsize and link to the stories these days. So here we go: Coalition forces […]

Ohio is a notoriously bellweather (or maybe in this 50-50 nation that should be weathervane) state. It totters left and right depending on the prevailing mood of the country. Like FL it is considered a purple state at best. So it is always useful to know what the people of Ohio (my mother’s home state) […]

While there is reasonable caution that things in Iraq could still reverse, I think those reasons are swiftly vanishing. Let me first start with the new picture of Iraqi life, as presented by Newsweek: Meanwhile, though, I can contemplate activities that were once unthinkable: like going out to dinner. Baghdad’s famous mazghouf restaurants, selling barbecued […]

We in America our experiencing a Tsunami of good news out of Iraq (see all my posts on Iraq here). It is becoming all too clear I will not be able to keep posting on all of them – there are now just too many! But let’s do one more simply because it is from […]

Only Hitchens can say the obvious with such power and force. A tidbit: A few weeks ago, in Britain’s Prospect magazine, the paper’s foreign editor, Bartle Bull, published a bold essay saying that the high tide of violence in Iraq was essentially behind us and that the ebb had disclosed some interesting things. First, the […]

The led zeppelin of defeatism on Iraq is crashing and burning like the Hindenburg did when it brought an end to airships. Gateway Pundit has a graphic showing the stunning numbers on the drop in violence across Iraq. The entire country of Iraq must be thanking George Bush for “staying the course” and not giving […]

The streets of Iraq are not only becoming a hunting ground for al-Qaeda, they are becoming the place where political reconciliation is taking place from the ground up Some much so even the LA Times took notice: Despite persistent sectarian tensions in the Iraqi government, war-weary Sunnis and Shiites are joining hands at the local […]

I really dislike posting on news reports that begin with ‘a classified program’, because I cannot tell if the story is the news media willing to sell out this country for the big bucks of scoop or a deliberate leak by the government. Needless to say I would be more cautious in reporting on classified […]

Update: We have in one story complete clarity on what is happening in Iraq as described below. In reporting on the successes, the SurrenderMedia tries to remind us of the challenges, but also reminds us of what kind of brutal animals work for al-Qaeda, the kind that we cannot run away from and leave to […]

Stories abound on the Pakistan’s efforts to hunt down, root out and destroy the last large massing of Islamo Terrorist. This story outlines the new push to free the Swat valley of the insurgents now trying to desperately take over that region. The army said Saturday that it has massed 15,000 troops for a major […]