March 28, 2005

Arthur Chrenkoff has a slew of good news from Iraq and just from the past 2 weeks!
Read it and marvel at what our troops and our ideology of freedom and free market capitalism have wrought:
Shopkeepers Say 'Enough'
Among the stories Chrenkoff cites is this important one:
Iraq's insurgents ‘seek exit strategy'

Many of Iraq's predominantly Sunni Arab insurgents would lay down their arms and join the political process in exchange for guarantees of their safety and that of their co-religionists, according to a prominent Sunni politicians.
[...]
Sharif Ali said the success of Iraq's elections dealt the insurgents a demoralising blow, prompting them to consider the need to enter the political process.

I wonder if they got the idea of an "exit strategy" from John Kerry during the 2004 campaign or it this is just mediaspeak?
(Probably the latter.)

Fallujah is now reputed to be the
Wow.

Ordinary Iraqis are starting to take care of their own security, too:
Shopkeepers turn guns on insurgents

Shopkeepers and residents on one of Baghdad's main streets pulled out their own guns and killed three insurgents when hooded men began shooting at passers-by, giving a rare victory to civilians increasingly frustrated by the violence bleeding Iraq.

Hope the Iraqis have put something like the Second Amendment in their new constitution!
In addition to Arthur's roundup, there are these reports today:
Pentagon begins to see Iraq momentum shift
Leader: Army May Secure Iraq in 18 Months
Iraqi troop training: signs of progress

Let's keep our fingers crossed and our prayers for the troops in harm's way going up, only to be joined by prayers of thanksgiving that OIF has been such a success and that millions in Iraq are now well and truly free and on their way to democratic, non-Islamist and non-theocratic government!