John Wayne Murtha denies any progress in Iraq, refuses to see any good in the situation, he fails to recognize three new Iraqi Brigades to help secure Baghdad, http://www.brightcove.com/title.jsp?title=1113826391 http://www.defenselink.mil/pubs/pdfs/9010-Final-20070608.pdf Measuring Stability and Security iin Iraq June 2007 Report to Congress In accordance with the Department of Defense Appropriations Act 2007 (Section 9010, Public Law 109-289) Good Old John Wayne Murtha needs to read the Report to Congress, it details the Good the Bad and the Ugly about Iraq but it shows progress, in Reconstruction, the Military efforts of the Iraqi to secure their own country, a drop in violence in the Capital, more confidence in the people in their own government and in their security in their neighbor hoods, and a whole lot of other good news, It also shows that it isn't over yet, that the terrorist are not defeated yet, and that people are still dieing from terrorist attacks, but there is a shift in momentum to the Coalition Forces in the Battle, the war isn't over yet, but we are making progress.
Maybe it has something to do with this: WASHINGTON, July 12, 2007 (AFP) - Iraq shows few signs of progress towards disarming militias and has failed to pass legislation central to quelling bloody sectarian violence, a White House report warned Thursday. US report paints bleak Iraq picture
Your links don't work, Spider. And the lede of whatever story you tried to post stands in stark contrast to other reports eminating from the region. What's the matter? Don't want the US to win?
I fixed it. One the contrary, it is consistent with other reports. Like this one: Oxfam report says Iraq in midst of 'humanitarian crisis'
The positive reports from Iraq have been of means employed. The negative ones have been of results measured. Of course signs of better means being employed - higher troop morale, say, if real; Sunni alliance against AQ in some districts; an end to the practice of kicking in people's doors; possibly no more women in labor, headed for the hospital, shot at checkpoints (that may be too much to expect) - are all to the good. But the results have yet to appear as rosy. What will be the results of the arming of the Sunni ? Of the emergence of local security forces all over Iraq, that do not take orders from Baghdad ? It's a good idea from a humanitarian point of view, and in simple justice, and in political foresight, but if a desired result is a unified Iraq - - - -.
