The fact that some top al-Qaeda leaders ran (again) from a fight with the US and Iraqi forces now pushing through Baqouba, Iraq in Diyala Province is causing some in the media to claim the US tipped its hand when it planned the Surge many months ago: Lt. Gen. Ray Odierno, the second-ranking U.S. commander […]

Many Updates Below The Surge was not just an effort to bring in a lot more troops to walk the streets and man checkpoints. It was meant to clear or purge large areas of the Islamo Fascists so as to reduce the violence in and around Baghdad – where 80% of the violence was taking […]

As goes Diyala so goes Iraq and our chances for success in Iraq. We seem to be kicking al-Qaeda butts in Baqouba as we surround and destroy one of the last strong holds of al-Qaeda: Odierno—a supertanker of a man with a shaved head who looks like ancient turtle—met with a group of battalion commanders […]

Well, something must be happening in a major way because the normally conservative and low key military is making a very bold and definitive statement regarding our path to success in Iraq: A U.S. Marine commander in Anbar province predicted that al-Qaida fighters will be expelled from Fallujah by August as the military moves to […]

This blog was one of the few to connect the dots regarding the strategy of the Iraq-US Coalition in Iraq to corrall and destroy al Qaeda in Iraq. The opening to this opportunity happened when military leaders in al-Qaeda’s then stronghold of al-Anbar Province were able to reach out to local Sunni tribal leaders and […]

The Surge is actually moving quite well. Better than I expected it would (and I’m an optimist!). Building on the success in Anbar where the US allied with local Sunni tribal leaders to establish what is basically an uprising against al-Qaeda and its allies, the US is repeating this model in and around Baghdad. The […]

We see it throughout the region of the Middle East. The Islamo-Fascists are attempting to take power. They spent a lot of blood and energy on Iraq, but slowly the tide is turning against the Islamo-Fascists (despite the unending pessimism of the SurrenderMedia): The sectarian slaughter has dipped slightly in Baghdad, but is up dramatically […]

Harry Reid is stuck out on this limb he and the dems made. His base needs to see a US loss in Iraq, but they failed to make it happen when they tried to surrender while supporting the troops (the irony of this silly position was not lost on the left or the right). The […]

There is always some handwringer around, explaining how everything proposed will never work to solve the problem at hand. They come out of the woodwork trying to rationalize why nothing can be done. They have some crazy idea that thinking of possible negative outcomes makes them truly smart somehow. Negative and positive outcomes are always […]

Let’s just agree al-Qaeda is back on its heels in Iraq as more and more local Sunni tribes not only reject their brutality, but take up arms against them. I have posted on numerous articles covering this phenomenon that has turned the al-Qaeda stronghold of Anbar Province against them, chased them into Diyala Province, wherein […]