Efforts proceed at pace in Diyala to reconcile differences between Shia and Sunni tribes and forge an alliance to rid the area of al Qaeda: Approximately 45 local sheiks met with Diyala provincial leadership in Baqouba, Iraq, to discuss their tribe’s concerns, reconcile grievances and discover solutions to rid terrorism from the province, May 23. […]

The Democrat who are pandering to the anti-war base in the face of their all out surrender on the Iraq war funding are stretching credulity again with a promise that they have just begun to fight: Democrats may have lost the first round with President Bush on ending the war in Iraq since taking over […]

The votes to support the troops and the war effort were crushing defeats for the Dems and the left. In the House it was two-to-one in support of Bush, in the Senate even more crushing: Bush, who had vowed to veto any legislation with restrictions on troop deployments, announced he would sign the $120 billion […]

Hillary’s political tin ear is showing itself again as she calls for a plan to surrender Iraq while Democrats prepare bills to surrender to Bush and fund the Iraq war: Hillary Clinton fired off a letter this morning calling on the Defense Department to draw up their Iraq withdrawal plans, if it hasn’t already. Note […]

Hat tip to reader DaleInAtlanta for bringing this amazing news to our attention. Sunni and Shiia leaders have signed an agreement to fight al Qaeda and support the Iraq government: A delegation of Sahwa al-Anbar, (Anbar Awakening) the tribal alliance in the restive Sunni province of Al Anbar, has made an unprecedented visit to Sadr […]

The “Surge” is just one aspect of the new Iraq plan emerging as a result in the change in military leadership. The plan has a lot of new elements and has a lot longer timeframe than many on the left will have the patience to support (nothing new there): The plan has three pillars to […]

ABC News is reporting that the body of one of our missing soldiers in Iraq was found in the Euphrates river. No details yet, but clearly the terrorists murdered the man and tried to hide his body by dumping it in the river. The nature of the beast we fight is all too clear in […]

The reporting yesterday that the Dems have surrendered to Bush on the Iraq War funding Bills has been confirmed in reporting today: House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer confirmed Tuesday a final Iraq spending bill will not include a deadline for troop withdrawals, but promised that Democrats would try to end the war using next year’s […]

While democrats dream of surrendering to al Qaeda, al Qaeda and its allies in Iran and Syria are betting it all on this summer’s actions. They plan to intimidate the West into fleeing the ME by opening all out campaigns in Afghanistan, Lebanon and Iraq. Iran will be coordinating the efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan: […]

The Democrats have decided they cannot sustain their pouting position on Iraq and have decided to not surrender to al Qaeda, but instead surrender to Bush: In grudging concessions to President Bush, Democrats intend to draft an Iraq war-funding bill without a timeline for the withdrawal of U.S. troops and shorn of billions of dollars […]