Angela Mailander wrote: > You think there are no Blackwater thugs and no > American troops in Iraq terrorizing the civilian > population? That's pretty amazing. > That's correct - there's no Blackwater "thugs" and "no American troops in Iraq terrorizing the civilian population". Terrorists are the thugs and the radical Islamists are doing the terrorizing. If you believe otherwise then you're just screwed up in the head.
WASHINGTON -- The perception that the U.S. troop surge in Iraq has succeeded is changing some public views of the war, potentially blunting Democrats' political edge on the issue. Full story: 'Sentiment on Iraq Is Changing' By John D. McKinnon Wall Street Journal, March 5, 2008 http://tinyurl.com/2cxubx Apparently, it never occurred to these deep-thinkers that inflicting a defeat on al-Qaeda in Iraq -- a defeat made possible because a previously sympathetic population turned with our help against al Qaeda -- might constitute a devastating blow to al Qaeda's standing in the Arab world. Read more: 'Bad news for al Qaeda' Posted by Paul Mirengoff: Powerline, March 5, 2008 http://tinyurl.com/2f4ww2
