And as we get closer to November, expect the proclamations to become even more virulent!
My local was a real bummer, because they ran this:
Analysis: US now winning Iraq war that seemed lost
The Globe had already disappointed me, too, because it picked up a Zionist Tim...., I mean, New York Times piece.
"Shi'ite militia is losing foothold; Shift indicates new stability in Baghdad" by Sabrina Tavernise, New York Times News Service | July 27, 2008
BAGHDAD - The militia that was once the biggest defender of poor Shi'ites in Iraq, the Mahdi Army, has been profoundly weakened in a number of neighborhoods across Baghdad, in an important, if tentative, milestone for stability in Iraq.
(Blog author just shaking his head; the never-ending shit stream of diarrhea propaganda ins maddening)
It is a remarkable change from years past, when the militia, led by the anti-American cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, controlled a broad swath of Baghdad, including local governments and police forces. But its use of extortion and violence began alienating much of the Shi'ite population to the point that many quietly supported American military sweeps against the group.
I get sick of the agenda-pushing lies, readers, I really do: The Real Muqtada al-Sadr
Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki struck another blow this spring, when he led a military operation against it in Baghdad and in several southern cities. The shift, if it holds, would solidify a transfer of power from Sadr, who had lorded his once broad political support over the government, to Maliki, who is increasingly seen as a true national leader.
I'm really sick of the biased and distortive 'writing style," too.
"Many Iraqis have come to believe that Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki is just as much a dictator as Saddam Hussein was.
"Al-Maliki is a dictator who must be removed by all means," 35-year-old Abdul-Riza Hussein, a Mehdi Army member from Sadr City in Baghdad told IPS. "He is a worse dictator than Saddam; he has killed in less than two years more than Saddam killed in 10 years."
This an NYT week-ender shit-eater piece?
That explains it!
It is part of a general decline in violence that is resonating in American as well as Iraqi politics.
Then we can LEAVE, right?
The Mahdi Army's decline also means that the Iraqi state, all but impotent in the early years of the war, has begun to act the part, taking over delivery of some services and control of some neighborhoods.
Five years was a long time to wait!
And now the caveats!!!
The changes are not irreversible. The security gains are in the hands of unseasoned Iraqi soldiers at checkpoints spread throughout Baghdad's neighborhoods. And local government officials have barely begun to take hold of service distribution networks, potentially leaving a window for the militia to reassert itself.
While most of the Iraqi soldiers at the new checkpoints seem loyal to the government, others have sympathies closer to the militia.
The shift is occurring at a crucial moment: Iraqis will vote in provincial elections in December. The weakening of the Sadrists in national politics clears the stage for the group's most bitter rival - a Shi'ite party led by another cleric, Abdul Aziz al-Hakim.
Yeah, that is what this crackdown on Sadr's people was about!!!
POLITICS!!!
One indicator of whether the new gains will hold is how well local governments fill the gap that the militia left, delivering services effectively and consistently.
Brigadier General Jeffrey W. Talley, a US Army engineer, said his unit had recently spent $34 million to help reconstruct a major market in Sadr City. But the district council has gotten bogged down in arguments over who has the right to disburse $100 million that Maliki promised Sadr City after the military operation.--MORE--"
How come AmeriKa has money for every other country in the world, and nothing for us?
