If we just would have pulled our troops out, none of this would have happened:
Rocket and mortar attacks have fallen to their lowest level in nearly two years. Civilian deaths have dropped sharply since summer. Shoppers are venturing out, even in Baghdad’s most dangerous neighborhoods.
Iraq’s capital is by no means yet safe. But the trend toward better security is indisputable.
In short, the traumatized residents of this sprawling city are experiencing their first sense of normalcy after years of bombings, kidnappings and wholesale slaughter. Iraqi officials are speaking optimistically about reopening streets and gradually lifting the nighttime curfew to encourage public confidence.
“The sound of an explosion has become a rare and extraordinary thing. Before it was normal,” said Mohammed Mghamish, a 41-year-old father of six in the Shiite stronghold of Sadr City. “I am not worried like before.”
Give our guys a chance and they will win every time. Give the Democrats a chance and they will snatch defeat from the jaws of victory.
