[af_vet_rr]

As John Edwards would say, “I see two Baghdads.......”

I'm not saying that the Shiites and Sunnis in Baghdad will ever get along 100%, but I do think we are working towards a point where the civilian population is helping us a lot more, and to a point where the two sides can co-exist (assuming that Iran and Saudi Arabia don't meddle in things).

If we get a lot more of these people tipping us off about the bad guys, then that means that not only can we work towards retaking all of Baghdad (and we have to retake the whole thing - we can't let parts of remain under radical control, period, end of story), it also means that the civilian population is feeling more secure (secure enough to help us - if these people are caught helping us by Al-Qaeda, they and their families are dead).

[AFPhys]

We’re definitely now winning this... more and more locals are throwing in their lot with the Iraqi government and against the fool terrorists.

Great Job, President Bush!