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Nothing To Report

Posted by: Scott @ 4:50 pm in The Iraqi War  | 0 views

Just a few of the good news stories coming out of Iraq, and last night on ABC World News with Charles Gibson comes another such report:

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One item from Baghdad, today. The news is that there is no news. The
police told us that to their knowledge, there were no major acts of
violence. Attacks are down in Baghdad, and today, no bombings or
roadside explosions were reported.

Fact of the matter is, when Saddam’s statue fell, the Arab world was in shock because they’d been at least half believing Baghdad Bob’s reports, and blew off all reports of American success-even as US forces held the airport with live video feeds. The same is true this time, but instead of the Arab media, it’s the entire world media. If a statue falls (if an enemy collapses), and no one reports it…does it make a sound? Did it actually happen? Of course it does. Things are happening fast in Iraq-despite the State Department’s deliberate foot-dragging.

Success in Baghdad
Success in Anbar
Success in Diyala
Success in Basra
Al Queda decimated-(and not reinforcing)

I submit….the war in Iraq is heading for a finish line (or at least the low level of violence that’ll facilitate a reduction in US forces as well as take it off the political debate forefront). Additionally, Al Queda is changing its central front to Pakistan where it can rally HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS, get nukes, and the US can’t even get involved.

Besides, there’s no room on the political calender anymore for forcing a politically-driven withdrawal. Bin Laden’s no moron. He can look at a calender, see it’s not gonna happen, and he can essentially give up on Iraq. It was always just a talking point to get recruits for him anyway.  What Bin Laden and Al Queda really want is nukes.  They openly declared it in December 98, and were caught trying to get them as early as 1993.  Pakistan’s got ‘em already, and he can take them just by rallying the hundreds of thousands (millions?) of supporters there and starting a civil war like he almost did in Iraq.  The Pakistani intelligence services are LOADED with Taliban/AQ sympathizers, and with their help the country could collapse in no time and make their nuclear stockpile ripe for  his pickings….all the while there’s nothing the US could do about it.  It would take MILLIONS of American soldiers to even make a fight in those mountains.  There’s no time to raise an army like that, deploy it, and hope that a nuke isn’t shipped in a freighter to 12.5 miles off the coast of NYC.  Close counts in hand grenades and nuclear weapons

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wilyone41
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Can you say the same for the streets of New York or /los /angeles?? NO!!!

October 18th, 2007 at 5:25 pm
scrapiron
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wilyone41 you beat me to it, but I would add the city of brotherly love, or the city of mass murder, whatever it’s calle this week. Phillie must hold the murder record by now.

October 18th, 2007 at 5:33 pm
marinetbryant
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With Bhutto returning, and the booming welcome she got, I think AQ and the Taliban crapped in their nest. It should get interesting as some have said that Bhutto supports the US’s GWOT.

Tom

October 18th, 2007 at 7:16 pm
SlimGuy
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Rick Moran has a post up quoting the Asia Times saying that Pakistani Military is gonna let loose the dogs of war on North and South Waziristan.

 

October 18th, 2007 at 8:17 pm
SlimGuy
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I have also been hearing for a while that after AQ abandoned their training camps a while back that the Pak’s let them head to Tora Bora and then shut the door behind them in coordination with NATO forces.

Hard to find solid info on at this point, but many crumbs on the trail.

October 18th, 2007 at 8:20 pm
Rovin
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Meanwhile there’s been more political reconciliation in Baghdad than in Washington D.C. The “do nothing” democratic leadership fails daily to process the peoples business. Rush has generated more private funded capital for a good cause this week than our socialist leaders on the left could dream of. And the democrats have never met an entitlement program they didn’t like.

October 19th, 2007 at 7:13 am
ChrisG
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Actually, 12.5 miles east from NYC or any US East coast area would be somewhat damaging from the shockwave, but would only endanger Europe and North Africa with fallout.

Now 12.5 miles off the US West Coast would be different. Though that would, ironically, literally kill most of AQ’s support structure from leftist groups.

Referenced for 1MT surface blast. Larger bombs are much more difficult to produce.

http://www.bomb-shelter.net/nuclear-weapons-1

October 19th, 2007 at 7:22 am
ChrisG
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In addition, congress was 50/50 on cutting pork this week. Only it was the Republicans that cut the pork, not the “ethical” Democrats.

Success: A $1 million Woodstock Museum will not be funded by the taxpayers.

Failure: Charlie Rangle will have buildings built and named after him at taxpayer expense.

http://www.suntimes.com/news/novak/608692,CST-EDT-NOVAK18.article

October 19th, 2007 at 7:33 am
Scott Malensek
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Good news:
People actually debating about whether War with AQ in Iraq is over….

Victory Is Within Reach in Iraq
http://www.captainsquartersblog.com/mt/archives/015159.php
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB119283901152765565.html?mod=opinion_main_commentaries

Bad news:
Al Queda shifting focus to a battlefield where the US cannot win….

In Pakistan Quandary, U.S. Reviews Stance
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/21/world/asia/21musharraf.html?_r=2&hp=&oref=login&pagewanted=all&oref=slogin

October 21st, 2007 at 8:58 am
Mr Blifil
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Yeah! We’re winning. Should be any day now that the citizenry of Baghdad will enjoy up to 4-5 hours a day of electricity. BTW, what constitutes “major?” Because if whatever is counted as minor happened in any American or European city, the wheels of capitalism would grind to a halt as everybody collapsed from apoplectic fear and outrage.

Nothing “major” in Baghdad. Well then. I guess it was all worth it.

October 21st, 2007 at 12:41 pm
Scott Malensek
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Hmmmm, did I say “winning” or “won”? Ah, what’s it matter? Opponents of the war in Iraq typically care more about talking points against a lame duck President whom they fear more than anyone else on the planet far more than they care about the welfare of the Iraqi people. If it were the welfare of the Iraqis, then they’d be protesting against the terrorists who slaughter them, not the soldiers who try to protect them.

October 21st, 2007 at 2:58 pm
MariesTwoCents
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I am glad you got to post this Scott :-)

Never heard anything about it after this either.

October 22nd, 2007 at 2:33 pm
Scott Malensek
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And now we see…even Bin Laden himself is asking Iraqi groups to stop attacking Al Queda.
http://hotair.com/archives/2007/10/22/osama-asks-iraqi-sunnis-to-please-stop-killing-his-goons/

HotAir did a nice job too of pointing out the MASSIVE political debunking UBL just did as well.

“Exit question: Given Bin Laden’s evident concern over developments in Iraq, what exactly is the crux of the left’s claim that Al Qaeda and Al Qaeda in Iraq are wholly separate organizations and never the twain shall meet? There are financial links, per the LA Times; there are logistical links, per the latest NIE; and there are obviously strategic links per today’s tape (and plenty of others in the past). Is there anything more to it than trying to convince the public that we don’t need to stay in Iraq to fight Al Qaeda because the “real” Al Qaeda isn’t there, no sirree?”

I submit that UBL’s claims (besides confirming that Al Queda in Iraq is linked to Al Queda leadership) also confirms the earlier articles describing how tribal groups that were previously fighting each other (at the encouragement of Al Queda) are now fighting WITH the US against Al Queda.

But I still love the idea that:
AQI is tied to AQCNC (or AQL) by logistics
AQI is tied to AQCNC (or AQL) by finances
AQI is tied to AQCNC (or AQL) and by command and control at the very least via his video

The ANTI-Bush rhetoric that the war in Iraq has nothing to do with the War against Al Queda is now debunked. Not that Speaker Pelosi, Maj ldr Reid, Presidential wannabes like Clinton, Edwards, Obama, Dodd, Biden, and more will believe this…even though it comes from:
intel briefings
confirmed by far left newspapers like the LAT
reported by wire services
troops in the field (not that they read the milblogs)
oh yeah…and BIN LADEN’s own words

Denial apparently knows the same depths as propaganda lies. Gosh, how coincidental?

October 22nd, 2007 at 2:43 pm
Scott Malensek
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UPDATE
Date: 21 Oct 2007
Iraq: Violence-related deaths drop ‘remarkably’, say authorities and UN
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/RMOI-787MNA?OpenDocument

…ok, I’m sorry, but when even the United Nations admits that violence is dramatically down, and when even Osama Bin Laden is personally and extremely publicly acknowledging Al Queda in Iraq is being decimated…

Isn’t it time the left says, “Way to go American soldiers! We support the efforts you’re MAKING at bringing peace in Iraq.”

Yeah, right. Somehow I don’t see that as a top Daily Kos thread.

October 23rd, 2007 at 4:33 am

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