A special Christmas in Baghdad
Awesome story via CBS/AP:
Taliban goes down big in Afghanistan
Awesome – and of course underreported – news from Afghanistan:
Bad news for the anti-war left
One of their favorite retired Generals, Major General John Batiste, who appeared in an ad for the anti-war Vote Vets website, and who had an op/ed published on the liberal anti-war website Think Progress in August in which he called for the US to “begin a responsible and deliberate redeployment from Iraq,” has apparently changed his tune.
Jaw-dropper of the week: Rep Murtha says the surge is working
John Bresnahan at The Politico examines Murtha’s latest remarks on the surge and contrasts them with defeatist remarks he’s made about the surge in the past.
NYT begrudgingly admits that progress is being made in Iraq
On the front page, no less. But just this past Saturday, they repeated their calls for Democrats to keep pushing for a cut and run strategy that would effectively cut off progress in Iraq at the knees. In light of their recent discovery that the situation on the ground in Iraq is improving, will we see a revised editorial in this weekend’s paper reflecting that? I won’t hold my breath.
Look what’s happening in Baghdad
Been busy today but wanted to post a link quickly to Gateway Pundit’s post about the latest positive news coming out of Iraq. It includes information on how much violence and casualities are way down, as well as a nice article about the nightlife in Baghdad and how it’s picking up.