The death toll in Iraq is declining rapidly as the US and Iraqis turn the tables on al-Qaeda and their Islamo Fascist cousins. The numbers are just amazing: Thirty-seven Americans have died in October, the lowest monthly figure since March 2006 when 31 perished, according to the U.S. military. … The number of Iraqi civilians […]

Just as the invasion of Normandy did not mean the end of WW II was a given (though in hindsight we see it was because of the Russian push against Germany on their Western Front kept Germany from defending the Allies from taking ground to the South and East) it is by no means a […]

Again, my apologies for the lack of posting. I have barely had time to breathe between business travel and helping my parents get through the initial stages of my mother’s broken arm. I have a little bit of a breather here before I begin my next three weeks of business travel. But while not posting […]

While the US commanders in Iraq are wisely waiting to declare any complete victory of al-Qaeda in Iraq, there prime hot spots of Anbar and Diyala Provinces are clearly victories, and the US forces are making adjustments as a result. First in Diyala: he Associated Press is reporting that U.S. forces in Iraq will begin […]

I first predicted Diyala would be the tipping point in Iraq for al-Qaeda (destroyed), the Iraqi government (successful), America’s efforts in Iraq (successful) and the Democrats’ future (destroyed) in this post back in mid April. At that point very few people understood the trend lines shaping up in Iraq. Anbar was basically cleared at that […]

Over and over again we see from people who have visited Iraq recently the sea change there. Today Victor Davis Hanson adds his voice to the chorus of optimism about Iraq. Whether in various suburbs of Baghdad, or in Baqubah, Ramadi or Taji, there is a familiar narrative of vastly reduced violence. … Officers offered […]

The Holy month of Ramadan was supposed to be al-Qaeda’s Holy month of massacres (the only trick they have left in their arsenal). But it turns out that al-Qaeda just can’t field the same force of violence as it used to be able to last month, let alone last year: As Ramadan draws to a […]

The Strategy Page has a good look at what has happened in Iraq over the last year and why we are on the path to success there, not a path of defeat desired by those strange people on the left who fantasize about a defeated America: The Sunni Arab terrorist campaign, an attempt to regain […]

In an earlier post I noted how 1200 Iraqis lined up for hours to join the fight against al-Qaeda. As the picture shows the line wrapped around the block. This was in one town in one area of Iraq. But it was by know means isolated, as the Washington Post is reporting: More than 30,000 […]

al-Qaeda will get some wins, even as they are on the path to destruction in Iraq. It happens in war. Even in the final days the loser gets some final jabs in. Today al-Qaeda got a good hit in on all of those working to succeed in Iraq: A suicide bomber blew himself up in […]