[baystaterebel]

Basically, the Sunnis have finally figured out that they have two choices:

We can do this the easy way or we can do this the hard way. So far they have chosen the hard way and found themselves getting the snot kicked out of them.

Slow learners to be sure.

[Dog]

Zarqawi and his head hackers are done.

[freeangel]

How far are they to be trusted? I get the feeling they are just stalling for time.

[CheyennePress]

Succinctly put.

[JohnLongIsland]

have the sunni leaders in iraq cleared this with their political wing: the senate democrats?

[MarkL]

Or, this could be yet another ploy to buy time, and allow them to rebuild their strength.

"Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twelve times, shame on me!"

Remember Tora Bora, Faluja, Sadr City?

Mark

[chronic_loser]

"WE DID IT!"

"You had success in the elections because WE held off on the violence. In return for our cooperation we therefore demand......"

Have you ever seen a more stupid bunch?

[xzins]

Trust but Verify

[armydawg1]

Agreed Rebel.

But I am trying to remember, arent we losing?

Isnt getting the last group on board a sure sign of impending defeat?

Lets find some war heroes to ask.....there seem to be a lot of them running around Washington these days.

[johnny7]

Fight in rubble for nothing... or play-the-game for power and a piece of the pie. One thing is certain, you will hear little of this on the talk-shows today.

[bert]

.....Slow learners to be sure......

You are correct. The question raised by this action is what can these leaders contribute to the ongoing process of developing a new government and nation?

Can they in fact control the minority zealots who are warring agaist the rest of the country?

Will they abandon their alliance with Al Queada and turn on them?

Time will tell.

[No Blue States]

AQ is running out of allies.



" Al Qaeda was never part of the truce, and yesterday it reportedly threatened to continue its campaign of terrorism.

"We say to our [Sunni] brothers: do not be fooled by what you have heard of the propaganda from the crusaders and their footmen," said an Internet statement from Al Qaeda in Iraq.

"The coming days will show you the fate of this 'democratic marriage' and the marriage of prostitution that it celebrated," said the statement on a frequently used terrorist Web site.

The group, led by Jordanian Abu Musab Zarqawi, also said it did not halt attacks during last week.

http://www.wpherald.com/storyview.php?StoryID=20051218-101428-3922r

[Polybius]

Basically, the Sunnis have finally figured out that they have two choices: We can do this the easy way or we can do this the hard way. So far they have chosen the hard way and found themselves getting the snot kicked out of them. Slow learners to be sure.

Not as slow as some people.

[Personal Responsibility]

We can do this the easy way or we can do this the hard way. So far they have chosen the hard way and found themselves getting the snot kicked out of them

Wait, I thought the US was losing the war? Senators, Congressmen,the NY Times and CNN have been saying so non stop!

[McGavin999]

They don't have to DEMAND more projects, they'd get more projects the very instant the troubles let up. That's exactly the way it has worked in the rest of Iraq and is exactly the way it will work in the Sunni areas. They stop the bullets, we can start the building.

[Parmy]

Well, the average I.Q. in the Arab world is roughly 80. What can be expected?

[penelopesire]

Wonder if this story made the NYT today? (rolling eyes)

[When do we get liberated?]

Can't wait to see the title
Democrats ready to cooperate with U.S.

[Lancer_N3502A]

"demanding specific steps by the U.S. military, including a reduction in military raids"...Something fishy here.

Isn't it amazing what people do when you 120mm smoothbore M-1 Abram's barrel to they're head.

[Marine_Uncle]

Good post. "including a reduction in military raids and an increase in development projects for their vast desert province that stretches from the edge of Baghdad to the Syrian and Jordanian borders."
It has taken these dimwits two years getting their brains beaten out to finaly reached the point where they say yes, to the question we asked them two years back, and that in essence can we come in and help build your province into something better then it had under the butcher, and provide a better live for them all.

[beaver fever]

I think the turning point is that the Shia are taking over there own neighborhoods and telling in the Sunni to take a hike.

The US is getting good intel and cooperation now and it's coming from the Shia.

The recent incident where the Shia executed nine Sunnis who tried to operate from their neigborhood in Bagdad is a clear sign that the worm has turned

This is good news, very good news.