From: Gary L. Bauer, Chairman
Campaign for Working Families
Surge Is Working; Defeatists Don’t Care
By the day, evidence is growing that the U.S. “surge” in Iraq, declared a
failure even before it had begun, is in fact working. The U.S. military,
as usual, is performing courageously on the field of battle, dislodging Al
Qaeda and its allies from strongholds, reducing their sanctuaries and doing
it all with minimal civilian casualties.
As U.S. forces kill and capture the thugs, more and more Iraqis are willing
to throw in with us. In Anbar province, U.S. forces have closed a deal
with Sunni and Shiite tribal leaders resulting in joint military operations
against Al Qaeda.
Al Qaeda has other problems too. Its bloodthirsty, barbaric tactics are
causing a backlash even among some of its own members. In one neighborhood
in South Baghdad, locals are switching sides to support us after Al Qaeda
thugs started cutting off people’s faces with piano wire.
Even an Al Qaeda cell leader crossed over and has provided the U.S. with
vital intelligence information. When asked why he had abandoned Al Qaeda,
he replied, “Because I’m sick of it and I hate them, and I am done.” (By
the way, you’re not likely to read such reports in any of the domestic
media. I learned of this report from the London Times.)
But here in Washington, powerful people, sadly, have a stake in our defeat
in Iraq. Senator Harry Reid has repeatedly announced that we have already
lost. Seventy liberal members of the House of Representatives, along with
Republican Ron Paul of Texas, have written to President Bush warning him
that they will not vote for more funding for our troops unless all of them
are “redeployed” out of Iraq before Bush leaves office.
General Petraeus is supposed to bring his report to Congress in the next
few months, but no mater what he says, the surrender contingent in Congress
has already made up its mind.
Campaign for Working Families
Surge Is Working; Defeatists Don’t Care
By the day, evidence is growing that the U.S. “surge” in Iraq, declared a
failure even before it had begun, is in fact working. The U.S. military,
as usual, is performing courageously on the field of battle, dislodging Al
Qaeda and its allies from strongholds, reducing their sanctuaries and doing
it all with minimal civilian casualties.
As U.S. forces kill and capture the thugs, more and more Iraqis are willing
to throw in with us. In Anbar province, U.S. forces have closed a deal
with Sunni and Shiite tribal leaders resulting in joint military operations
against Al Qaeda.
Al Qaeda has other problems too. Its bloodthirsty, barbaric tactics are
causing a backlash even among some of its own members. In one neighborhood
in South Baghdad, locals are switching sides to support us after Al Qaeda
thugs started cutting off people’s faces with piano wire.
Even an Al Qaeda cell leader crossed over and has provided the U.S. with
vital intelligence information. When asked why he had abandoned Al Qaeda,
he replied, “Because I’m sick of it and I hate them, and I am done.” (By
the way, you’re not likely to read such reports in any of the domestic
media. I learned of this report from the London Times.)
But here in Washington, powerful people, sadly, have a stake in our defeat
in Iraq. Senator Harry Reid has repeatedly announced that we have already
lost. Seventy liberal members of the House of Representatives, along with
Republican Ron Paul of Texas, have written to President Bush warning him
that they will not vote for more funding for our troops unless all of them
are “redeployed” out of Iraq before Bush leaves office.
General Petraeus is supposed to bring his report to Congress in the next
few months, but no mater what he says, the surrender contingent in Congress
has already made up its mind.
