[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Nothing in this decade will so test our purpose and fiber as a nation, and our ability to change the world for the better, as our willingness to stand with the people of Iraq over the long haul as they build a free country.

[Ragtime Cowgirl]

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On the ground in Iraq, the picture is quite different from the news we see at home. Yes, there are bloody acts of terrorism every few days. But it is not Iraqis who are staging the suicide bombings. Increasingly, Iraqis are fed up with this violence and turning in the criminals who are waging it. The dwindling ranks of saboteurs and dead-enders, in cahoots with al Qaeda and other jihadists, can blow up buildings and kill people. But they cannot rally Iraqis to any alternative political vision. They can win only if we walk away and hand them victory. Fortunately (for now), the administration, Congress, the American people and key elements of the international community are not wavering. They are supporting an ambitious agenda for democratic transformation and reconstruction.

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Thousands of brave troops traveled across Iraq in convoys this month, now safely arrived, to replace the awesome troops now heading home.

Good news abounds.

Boycott AP.

Spread the "news."

Thank you.

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