Well, they said it couldn’t work.

They said the war was “lost”.

They said our soldiers were committing attrocities, and their mere presence in Iraq was stiring up terrorism.

They said we must leave Iraq NOW because we had lost the war and our soldiers and their commanders were wrong.

Of course, the “they” were Democrats, and many have since changed their mind yet again on how we should be prosecuting this war on terror by recently admitting noted improvements in Iraq, albeit grudgingly.

How far, do you think, will they go to begin pandering on this one?

“I feel we are back in ‘03 and early ‘04. Frankly I was here then, and the environment is about the same in terms of security in my opinion,” [Lt. Gen. Ray Odierno] said. “What is different from then is that the Iraqi security forces are significantly more mature.”

Lt. Gen. Odierno is the second-in-command in Iraq, or as the artcile puts it “the man responsible for the ground campaign in Iraq”.

The article goes on:

The past six months, however, had seen some of the lowest levels of violence since the conflict began, Odierno said, attributing the change to an increase in both American troops and better-trained Iraqi forces.

And these comments were made when?

…Sunday as Iraqi forces formally took control of security across half the country.

Ohhhh. Sorta like they’re standing up as we stand down, huh?

The whole AP article is short and good. Read it all.

…has an alter ego, and his name is Sen. Harry Reid (D).

Yes, Sen. Reid and the Democrat’s in charge are going to be responsible for the layoffs of US Army civilian employees right before Christmas because they refuse to pass a defense funding bill.

This is not only disgusting politics on Sen. Reid’s part (putting political maneuvering above good governance), but one has to wonder at what point our national security will come into jeopardy as the military is forced into bankruptcy by the Democrats.

Sen. Harry Reid (D) is among them. He’s done it again:

“The surge hasn’t accomplished its goals,” Reid said. “… We’re involved, still, in an intractable civil war.”

This Politico.com article has it all, but the gist of it is that Reid refuses, despite even Rep. John “War Crimes” Murtha’s (D) recent acknowledgment, to admit that the new strategy in Iraq is working. It’s sad really when someone hopes for defeat so badly, that they can’t even admit that a 70% decline in violence in Iraq since June (and that was way back in October) is a good thing…poor Harry.

Posted on RedState.com is an article noting that Dems going back to their districts have noticed their constituents aren’t badgering them about “pulling the troops out now”.

It seems as though success in Iraq is starting to change minds back in real America. Proof can be noted here in this new Rasmussen poll showing four consecutive months of growing confidence in our fight in the War on Terror.

The Dems are about to find out that apparently fighting to win in the War on Terror is not only the right thing to do in policy and principle, but it’s becoming vogue. Expect them to all change positions soon to pander effectively…

…on you Democrats!

It’s exceptionally disgraceful that they would inject pure politics into a situation involving the very lives and safety of our soldiers. The Democrats have but days to change course to avoid putting stripping our soldiers of the tools they need to protect themselves from things like IED attacks in Iraq. HERE

Regardless of your opinion of the war, whether it was/is just, or whether we are winning or losing (talking to you Sen. “Dirty” Harry Reid), how can you rationalize denying funding to the troops to buy such basic things as bullets and jamming equipment for IEDS?! Sickening…

More, and probably better written commentary can be found at www.redstate.com

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