Iraq, Afganistan Good News; Nancy Pelosi, Boy Scouts and Mike Nifong

DBKP ^ | June 3, 2008 | Nancy Morgan

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CULTURE WATCH, Volume 17 by Nancy Morgan Right Bias

Last week saw lots of good news from Iraq and Afghanistan. The most amazing news of all, however, is that this news is being reported by the likes of the New York Times and the Washington Post. Now that they're reporting it, I guess its officially:

GOOD NEWS:

Less than a year after his agency warned of new threats from a resurgent al-Qaeda, CIA Director Michael Hayden now portrays that terrorist movement as essentially defeated in Iraq and Saudi Arabia. His sentiments are echoed by the commander of British forces in Iraq who stated, "Missions by special forces and air strikes by unmanned drones have 'decapitated' the Taliban and brought the war in Afghanistan to a 'tipping point.'"

Even the anti-American United Nations noted that Iraq is making "notable progress" in the security, political and economic fields. Whoa baby!

Despite this plethora of evidence, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi just went on record saying the U.S. troop surge failed to accomplish its goal. She then credited the success of the troop surge to "the goodwill of the Iranians." I'm not making this up.

In other good news, justice looks like it may prevail in the malicious Duke lacrosse rape case. Former DA Mike Nifong will not be able to hide from a lawsuit from the ex-lacrosse players by claiming bankruptcy. Good deal.

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