What is happening in Iraq? Now al Qaeda is being driven out by…a neighborhood watch:

The citizen patrols, who call the initiative Sahwa, an Arabic term meaning “awakening,” recently approached soldiers of the U.S. 10th Mountain Division’s 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Battalion, 87th Infantry Regiment. Officials say more than 1,000 citizens showed up to be recruited in an effort to drive out terrorists, the U.S. Defense Department reported.

“What this program is doing is creating significant problems for the insurgents, because it drives a wedge between them and the populace,” Army 2nd Lt. Alan Finnie, 1-87 infantry, said in a statement.

“By taking away the one incentive advantage the insurgents had over the government, namely money, the people now have every reason to reject terrorist intimidation and embrace the responsibility of eliminating al-Qaida in Iraq influence in their communities.”

Obviously, it is time to pull out. Things are really bad over there.

The Democrats are trying to jerk the rug out from under the American military who are finally getting the upper hand in this conflict. I hope that real Americans who claim to be Democrats see this for what is really is: an effort to lose a war for the sole purpose of politics.

America loses because the liberal Democrats want to hurt Bush more than win in Iraq. I think the Democrats are hurting themselves with this behavior. Americans don’t like to lose.