It seems the Surge that Bush supported and a huge chunk of help from Iraqi citizens that don't want their heads cut off by Al-Quida scumbags are finally winning the war in Iraq. Even the New York Times Op-Ed is showing Bush a little love.
The additional fact is that Bush, who made such bad calls early in the war, made a courageous and astute decision in 2006. More than a year on, the surge has produced large, if tenuous, gains. Violence is down sharply. Daily life has improved. Iraqi security forces have been given time to become a more effective fighting force. The Iraqi government is showing signs of strength and even glimmers of impartiality. Iraq has moved from being a failed state to, as Vali Nasr of the Council on Foreign Relations has put it, merely a fragile one.
Too bad the Dems are so blind in their Bush-hatred that they may actually pass up a chance to march out of a prosperous and secure Iraq. If more Democrats had the clear ability to say "lets march out winners and not run away at the worst possible moment" then I would have more respect for their party.
I would think JFK would have stayed in as long as it would have taken to get Iraq back on its feet again. But compassion for Iraqis being murdered by Al-Quida may be the territory of an older Cold War-era Democratic Party that actually wanted to help the world and not just shrink away from it.
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