WE ARE WINNING

On November 20, 2005, John Murtha was Tim Russert’s guest on Meet the Press.

Referring to the U.S. military’s training of Iraqi forces, Murtha said:

Tim, I'm absolutely convinced that we're making no progress at all, and I've been complaining for two years that there's an overly optimistic--an illusionary process going on here.

Since then, Murtha has continued his crusade to undermine U.S. efforts in Iraq, and other elected officials have jumped on the bandwagon.

It’s important to keep that in mind when looking at today’s news.



A week after the death of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, things are looking up in Iraq.

Hundreds of raids have killed 104 insurgents and "resulted in the captures of 759 'anti-Iraqi elements,'" according to U.S. military spokesman Maj. Gen. William Caldwell.

While 255 of the raids were conducted by American and Iraqi forces, 143 of the operations were carried out by the Iraqis alone.

In addition to these successful missions, Iraqi officials said that a "huge treasure" of information was found in the rubble of arch-terrorist al-Zarqawi's safe-house.

Obviously, al-Zarqawi's "safe-house" was not safe.

The Dems and their media mouthpieces have tried to downplay the significance of getting al-Zarqawi. That's to be expected. They can't handle good news out of Iraq. They are adamant about refusing to see any progress; but when documents provide evidence that al Qaeda and the insurgency are on the ropes, it's hard to maintain that facade.

Just days after John Kerry announced that he made a mistake by backing the war in Iraq and he once again demanded the withdrawal of American troops, it looks like he may have to perform yet another flip-flop to save his botoxed face.

I'm sure he'll manage. He has flip-flopping down to a science. Actually, I guess it's more of an art.

Whatever, embarrassments such as Kerry and John Murtha and Russ Feingold have more to be embarrassed about.

Some of the documents from al-Zarqawi's unsafe-house and other locations are being made public.

Here is the text of a document that was discovered during a raid on a "safe location" prior to the June 7 air strike at the "safe location" where al-Zarqawi was killed.

It is a must-read!

The Associated Press grudgingly summarizes the "purported" document:

A blueprint for trying to start a war between the United States and Iran was among a "huge treasure" of documents found in the hideout of terrorist leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, Iraqi officials said Thursday.

The document, purporting to reflect al-Qaida policy and its cooperation with groups loyal to ousted President Saddam Hussein, also appear to show that the insurgency in Iraq was weakening.

...The document also said al-Zarqawi planned to try to destroy the relationship between the United States and its Shiite allies in Iraq.

While the coalition was continuing to suffer human losses, "time is now beginning to be of service to the American forces and harmful to the resistance," the document said.

The document said the insurgency was being hurt by, among other things, the U.S. military's program to train Iraqi security forces, by massive arrests and seizures of weapons, by tightening the militants' financial outlets, and by creating divisions within its ranks.

"Generally speaking and despite the gloomy present situation, we find that the best solution in order to get out of this crisis is to involve the U.S. forces in waging a war against another country or any hostile groups," the document said, as quoted by al-Maliki's office.

According to the summary, insurgents were being weakened by operations against them and by their failure to attract recruits. To give new impetus to the insurgency, they would have to change tactics, it added.

"We mean specifically attempting to escalate the tension between America and Iran, and American and the Shiite in Iraq," it quoted the documents as saying, especially among moderate followers of Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, the most influential Shiite cleric in Iraq.

"Creating disputes between America and them could hinder the U.S. cooperation with them, and subsequently weaken this kind of alliance between Shiites and the Americans," it said, adding that "the best solution is to get America involved in a war against another country and this would bring benefits."

They included "opening a new front" for the U.S. military and releasing some of the "pressure exerted on the resistance."

...Al-Maliki's office said the document provides "the broad guidelines of the program of the Saddamists and the takfiris inside al-Zarqawi's group."

"Takfiri" is a reference to an extremist ideology that urges Muslims to kill anyone they consider an infidel, even fellow Muslims. It is the ideology that many Iraqis, especially in the Shiite community, use to describe al-Zarqawi and his followers.

The language contained in the document was different from the vocabulary used by al-Qaida statements posted on the Web. For example, it does not refer to the Americans as "Crusaders" nor use the term "rejectionists" to allude to Shiites.

Much of what is in the statement from al-Rubaie echoes results that the U.S. military and the Iraqi government say they are seeking. It also appears to reinforce American and Iraqi arguments that al-Qaida in Iraq and its operatives are a group of imported extremists bent on killing innocent civilians.

This is worth repeating:

WE ARE WINNING IN IRAQ!

That's not Bush White House propaganda.

That's not Pentagon rhetoric.

That's the word from al-Zarqawi and his followers.

Of course, the Left will dispute the document's legitimacy.

The AP account itself attempts to discredit the document's authenticity and raises questions suggesting that it could be a fraud.

What else can the libs do when faced with facts that so completely destroy their stance and demolish their criticism?

The libs can't handle the truth:

Thanks to the bravery and tremendous sacrifice of the U.S. military and coalition forces along with the Iraqi people, we are making progress in fighting for freedom and defeating the terrorists.

WE ARE WINNING IN IRAQ!