Good news.
Excellent herding and branding of congress by GW!
More Good News from Iraq
Posted by Mike on December 19, 2007 at 7:36 AM
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More bad news for defeatist Dems and Al Queda!
The latest quarterly report, mandated by Congress as a condition of war funding for Iraq, is out. It's bad news for those who still insist the surge isn't working, or that U.S. troops are mired in a civil war or that there is no political progress.
What a shame! We're actually winning.
What is winning? As defined by President Bush and stated at the beginning of the report:
Measuring Stability and Security in IraqWhat Americans care most about and are anxious to see is further proof of the decline in violence. Three charts illustrate that perfectly:
December 2007
Report to Congress
In accordance with the
Department of Defense Appropriations Act 2007
(Section 9010, Public Law 109-289)
Department of Defense (PDF)
The strategic goal of the United States in Iraq remains a unified, democratic and federal Iraq that can govern, defend and sustain itself and is an ally in the war on terror.
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The number of security incidents has fallen significantly and is now at levels last seen in the summer of 2005. Although ethno-sectarian violence continues to be a concern, overall civilian casualties, enemy attacks and total improvised explosive device attacks have decreased markedly over the reporting period.
See the Link for some powerful Visuals....