Posted on 08/04/2007 8:35:32 AM PDT by SevenMinusOne
That is grass-roots / street level realities that AQ and their mimics are starting to have to face. All the "MO" is on our side.....Progress on the whole continues each and every day....
There are very real reasons to believe AQ has begun to pull out of Iraq (resources are starting to flow back to Pak).
Utmost respect and admiration to all the fallen who paid the ultimate price for the purchase of time in order for the tribal leaders to see we are not the bad guys but the honorable ones who bought freedom for the Iraqi people with the bravest of our young as we said from the beginning.
Thank God for a General who has seen the proper strategy in choosing one enemy to join with in order to vanquish another and now the rest will eventually be up to the leaders, possibly the solution can come from the bottom up the sunnis and shias working together to expel alqueda ,can build a united Iraq
Utmost respect and admiration to all the fallen who paid the ultimate price for the purchase of time in order for the tribal leaders to see we are not the bad guys but the honorable ones who bought freedom for the Iraqi people with the bravest of our young as we said from the beginning.
Thank God for a General who has seen the proper strategy in choosing one enemy to join with in order to vanquish another and now the rest will eventually be up to the leaders, possibly the solution can come from the bottom up the sunnis and shias working together to expel alqueda ,can build a united Iraq
Utmost respect and admiration to all the fallen who paid the ultimate price for the purchase of time in order for the tribal leaders to see we are not the bad guys but the honorable ones who bought freedom for the Iraqi people with the bravest of our young as we said from the beginning.
Thank God for a General who has seen the proper strategy in choosing one enemy to join with in order to vanquish another and now the rest will eventually be up to the leaders, possibly the solution can come from the bottom up the sunnis and shias working together to expel alqueda ,can build a united Iraq
Utmost respect and admiration to all the fallen who paid the ultimate price for the purchase of time in order for the tribal leaders to see we are not the bad guys but the honorable ones who bought freedom for the Iraqi people with the bravest of our young as we said from the beginning.
Thank God for a General who has seen the proper strategy in choosing one enemy to join with in order to vanquish another and now the rest will eventually be up to the leaders, possibly the solution can come from the bottom up the sunnis and shias working together to expel alqueda ,can build a united Iraq
Utmost respect and admiration to all the fallen who paid the ultimate price for the purchase of time in order for the tribal leaders to see we are not the bad guys but the honorable ones who bought freedom for the Iraqi people with the bravest of our young as we said from the beginning.
Thank God for a General who has seen the proper strategy in choosing one enemy to join with in order to vanquish another and now the rest will eventually be up to the leaders, possibly the solution can come from the bottom up the sunnis and shias working together to expel alqueda ,can build a united Iraq
The media is looking on at what's happening with deep chagrin. This (success in Iraq) wasn't supposed to be happening. AT this time American troops were supposed to be slinking home in defeat with triumphant terrorists jumping up and down and shouting in jubilation before CNN and BBC cameras. Things are not going according to script by Big Media expectations.
Presence - You have to be out confronting the enemy visibly and showing the people you are there to protect and serve them
Patience - it takes time to change opinions and perceptions. “Political” change will take time to take effect.
Persistence - Stick with the strategy. There will be set backs and losses but unless the terrorists can organize platoon size operations they remain strategically and operationally on the defensive, even if they retain the tactical initiative due to the nature of the fight.
and
Will - You must show the Iraqis that we will be here until it is over on our terms. They have a “survival” chromosome in their genes and will side with the side they believe will win. You must believe you will win and make them believe that together we will win.
A partnership was constructed informally and very low keyed with tribal leaders and the results began to manifest themselves by December when the Sunni Sheiks started to join the political process.
Iraqi attitudes continue to shift toward secular values
So far, the surveys show a decline in popular support for religious government in Iraq and an increase in support for secular political rule.
http://www.ns.umich.edu/htdocs/releases/story.php?id=5973
Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi weep.
Someday I'm going to ask you for the easiest websites, books, tapes, etc for learning Arabic. There's no reason not to know the language in this world we now live in.
WooHoo, keep on rolling!
Agree 100%.
What ya going to do Harry, Nancy, Dicki, Chucky cheese!
Our boys are Pressing forward with out your help Congre$$!
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
I think the Arabic should be the priority language that our intelligence folks should learn. We are going to face the terrorist enemy for a long time and in the vast majority of cases their communications will be in Arabic.
I think the best way to learn Arabic is to go to a school and studied it for a year or two. Arabic is a difficult language and although it may be possible to learn it alone via books and tapes it is better to learn from a live instructor.
That is absolutely true.
Outstanding! Do you speak Arabic? How can I help on this?
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