A straight faced and very serious question asked of me by a former co-worker in Michigan. Discussing politics, he reads the New York Times and Truth Out, he couldn't understand my problem with taking from the rich and giving to the poor, for starters. Well I'm won't go into the philosophies at this point or talk about Fredric Bastiat. I'll just point to another Liberal dream Socialist State. Great Britain. The Sun Online reports:

Drunken yobs are roaming towns and cities like ''an occupying army'', MPs claimed yesterday. But ministers have no idea whether the £3.4billion a year spent tackling yobs is effective. Anti-social behaviour is turning many places into no-go areas, with a small number of families causing ''misery and despair'' to their communities....The MPs also urged the Home Office to develop a national scheme for evaluating different approaches to anti-social behaviour.

Good example in a nutshell. Liberal Socialists solve problems by spending money, making study groups and wringing their hands trying to understand the criminals better. While the criminals laugh and continue to run amok. Like in Paris. Hmmm.....I wonder at the indentity of these "mobs".....dissaffected youth? Hmmmm......

Anyways, until the Brits start busting the noggins of criminals, nothing will change. Just like Paris. Just like New York. Oh...wait a minute, somebody fixed that. Go figure. Well there's always Bejing, wait, no.....

John Kyl lead the fight against the amnesty bill, in the face of the GOP establishment. I'm sure he'll get a Christmas card from Trent Lott and John McCain. In a Washington Times article S.A. Miller writes:

Sen. Jon Kyl of Arizona, chairman of the Senate Republican Conference, is meeting with members yesterday and today to disseminate a message critical of Democrats for endlessly debating the Iraq war, stalling judicial nominations and squandering time on at least 300 investigations of the Bush administration.

This is what the rightwing blogosphere has been saying for a while now. Take the offensive. Talking points are one thing though, how about something a little tougher. Motions to Censure Murtha, Reid, Pelosi. How about some GOP sponsored resolutions that call for the Democrats to resign because of incompetence? How about asking Obama to apologize for and disavow his racist church of choice? How about asking for Democratic candidates to vow to stop using private jets for the rest of the campaign, and for John Edwards to donate all the money he earns speaking about poverty?

How about THE FENCE?

Kyl has done a good job for us, but the GOP has got to get in step with conservatism if it wants to win in 2008. And if it loses, there is every chance it may start the end of the GOP's existence.

We need more than Kyl and McConnell and Peter King. How about the White House taking the attack? Just wondering.

When the GOP establishment works with the Democrats, it is truly a remarkable day. And when their combined forces are defeated by a populist uprising, that is even more remarkable. But they didn't become the establishment by being weak or easily defeated. So it comes as no surprise that the battle for amnesty for millions of illegal aliens who stand to be a huge voting bloc for the Left, and a huge pool of cheap labor for the Right is far from over. The attack dogs for the amnesty movement, LaRaza is speaking out against conservative Talk Radio. In the Washington Times we hear:

The nation's largest Hispanic advocacy group says it must come up with a strategy to combat "a wave of hate" its leaders say came from talk radio's efforts to sink the Senate's immigration bill."That had an extraordinary impact in the Senate, and as a nation, I don't think we should be comfortable with the fact that the United States Senate responded to what was largely a wave of hate," Cecilia Munoz, the National Council of La Raza's senior vice president for research, advocacy and legislation, told The Washington Times after meeting with NCLR affiliates to talk about a new strategy.

They want free stuff with no responsibility, and they want in NOW. And if you say that our laws should be obeyed and respected, even the non ideologicals at Townhall will pull the race and class envy card on you.

So to repeat for all you non ideologues and progressives out there, we the Right embrace immigration and like Hispanic people. We hate law breakers and demand sovereign borders.

So....where's the fence Washington?

In every statement, every action, it's clear to all that the Democrats want as little to do with the Middle East as possible. To surrender to Islamic Jihadists, as Harry Reid, Nancy Pelosi, Barack Obama and John Edwards would certainly do, may not have the effect these mental midgets think.  Michael Sheridan writing for the TimesOnline reports:

Today China is waging a propaganda and security battle to guarantee its control over Xinjiang, its name for the vast province rich in minerals and strategic supplies of oil and gas which are vital to the expanding Chinese economy.

China has persuaded Pakistan and Kazakhstan to hand over captured (Islamic) militants for interrogation, secret trials and execution, a policy that may have fuelled the fundamentalist rage now gripping Pakistan.

Next month 1,600 Chinese troops will join exercises with Russia and the former Soviet Central Asian republics to cooperate against Islamic extremists.

If there is a power vacuum in the ME because the Liberals withdraw, creating chaos in the resource rich region, what do you think China would do? And also, how do you think China is dealing with the domestic threat of Islamists in their country. How well do you think CAIR would do there? Well, Sheridan reports:

A red banner hung from the eaves of a 100-year-old mosque, whose lines recalled a classical Chinese temple and whose congregation were members of the Hui, a Muslim minority from central China. “All pilgrimages to Mecca must be organised by the National Islamic Organisation under the law,” it read.

“They have taken all our passports too,” said an elder at the mosque.

“We Muslims must follow the party and the government to make our prayers in a stable setting and under a correct policy,” the imam warned his flock at Friday prayers.

Would rounding up Muslims be effective in the US also? Not if we want to remain a free Republic. But the lesson is there, you must be honest about who your enemies are, and not be afraid to confront and defeat them, if it means your survival.

We need a new national discussion about the threat Islam poses to our continued existence. An honest discussion, preferably without the moonbats.

The astounding Democratic Congress has decided to allow terrorists to file lawsuits against US citizens for speaking up and reporting them to the authorities. This on the same day they've decided to stop paying the armed forces, to force them to leave Iraq.

If there has ever been a reason to call the capital, this is it.

Congress switchboard: 202-224-3121

Nancy Pelosi’s office: 202-225-4965

Reid’s office: 202-224-3542

As reported by Michelle Malkin, The John Doe amendment, otherwise known as the King amendment, which would protect you and I from being sued by anyone you think needs to be reported to the police, has been stripped out of legislation by Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid to appease CAIR, who are suing the passengers in Minneapolis who reported the Mullahs onboard acting threateningly.

The Democrats are lunatics who'll use any political tactic even at expense of civilian or military lives. As Frank Gaffney said:

This legislation is the so-called “King amendment,” which is designed to ensure that public-spirited citizens are not discouraged, let alone penalized, for doing their civic duty by informing the authorities of activities that could be associated with terrorism.

As the brilliant former counterterrorism prosecutor and legal analyst Andy McCarthy observes in a posting on National Review Online today, the King amendment’s opponents in the congressional leadership understand that the overwhelming, bipartisan support for this legislation in the House and Senate leave them few options.

In fact, as a practical matter, the only way they could dispose of a provision which was initiated by the ranking member of the House Homeland Security Committee, Rep. Pete King of New York, after the insidious Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) brought suit against several “John Does” and adopted by the House of Representatives by a vote of 304-121 would be to snuff it in a conference committee.

The Libs got their politically correct way, this time, but anybody who looks at the situation rationally has got to come to the same conclusion. The Democrats have gone insane. We've got to get them out of power, somehow, or we're gonna get hit. Cheney will be President for a short time, UNLEASH THE HOUNDS!!!

Working tirelessly, the Democratic Party is engaged with a willing Mainstream Media to defeat our nation and send it into a spiral of dissolution and dispair. Why do they hate this land? In just one day, here are the media's distorted proclamations attempting to shape mindless masses.

USA today: Our view on the war on terror: Sobering intelligence report undercuts Bush's story line

Suicide blasts kill 50 as Pakistan chaos worsens by Rana Jawad OF AP

Liberals Vow to Block Continued Iraq Funding : The Politico

"The point is there is no military victory here," former President Bill Clinton told Diane Sawyer on ABC's "Good Morning America,

They are desperate for us to lose.The Pentagon finally has had enough, and did what the White House has been unwilling to do. Call the Clintons out. Directly. For all of us to hear.

The Pentagon told Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Rodham Clinton that her questions about how the U.S. plans to eventually withdraw from Iraq boosts enemy propaganda.

"Premature and public discussion of the withdrawal of U.S. forces from Iraq reinforces enemy propaganda that the United States will abandon its allies in Iraq, much as we are perceived to have done in Vietnam, Lebanon and Somalia," Edelman wrote.

He added that "such talk understandably unnerves the very same Iraqi allies we are asking to assume enormous personal risks."

The Democratic  position makes no rational or logical sense to me. Their dream utopia of a Socialist States of America with it's bumper sticker slogan of "Free Stuff With No Responsibility" is a veiled nightmare state of slavery of the individual. But our attempt to WIN against the Islamic Jihadist Killers in Iraq are also the front lines against the Progresive Democrats. We beat the terrorists, we beat the Democrats and the Media at the same time. Game over. But is Iraq a Vietnam? Gen. David Petreaus talked to Hugh Hewitt:

HH: Some of the arguments about Iraq in the United States argue that it’s
possible for American troops to withdraw to their bases and just strike at
al Qaeda, sort of an Anbar only option, I guess. Does that make any sense to
you at all, General Petraeus?

DP: Well, first of all, al Qaeda-Iraq is throughout pretty substantial parts
of Iraq, and it is a significant enough network in capability that it is not
going to be dealt with just by certainly, if you will, classical
counterterrorist operations. Indeed, we are doing those. Our best operators
in America and in the world are here in the largest number of anywhere in
the world by several multiples, and conducting a very, very high operational
tempo, and doing extraordinary operations. When I think back to the
operations that we did, for example, going after war criminals in Bosnia, or
something like that, you know, and one of those would be a big deal, and
you’d dine off that for the next several months. On a nightly basis here,
you know, ten or twelve serious operations are going down by those forces.

HH: Wow.

DP: And any one of those is far more significant than we conducted for
decades. They are very sophisticated, very complex, very lethal sometimes,
and very effective. Having said that, although they may be the most
important operations, because they can take down, as they did the senior
Iraqi leader in al Qaeda-Iraq, or kill the three al Turkey brothers, or what
have you, it is also the weight of the operations conducted by the, if you
will, the regular special forces, the Green Berets and the others that make
up the special operations task force, and operate throughout the country as
a very high operational tempo, and of our conventional forces. I mean, it is
conventional forces who cleared Western Baquba. Certainly, augmented by,
again, our special forces and our special mission unit elements, but they’re
the ones that, you know, killed the 80 or 90 confirmed kill, and perhaps
another 80 or so more, and captured a couple of hundred in addition to that
as well. And they’re the ones who will hold that area against attempts that
have already taken place by al Qaeda and their affiliates to try to get back
into those neighborhoods.

This is no Iraq falling apart. This is no Tet offensive. This is the United States Military and the Iraqi Army picking up momentum and starting to kick ash. I'm thinking we here need to do more of our part to battle the domestic enemies, who'd undo every single thing these men and women are willing to do for us overseas. What say you?

The following is an updated revised version of the first post from a conservative in Cincinnati. It still feels relevant to me, so I'm going to share it with you again.

Our's is a Republic is sustained by the will of the people. Not all, but a large percentage of current voters who call themselves Independents belong to the Great Dumbed Down Moderate Middle, incapable of forming a sophisticated opinion on politics or even world events, beyond repeating a one or two sentence sound bite they've heard drilled into their brain by the Mainsteam Media. Worse, many voters can't even tell you the name of the current Secretary of State, or even the Vice President. The privilege to vote is being taken too lightly by a too large number of us, and this is in danger of being even further amplified by an increasing sentiment to abolish the Electoral College. When it comes to the matters that affect our livelihoods, or even the future existence of our country, I believe it to be the duty, owed to the millions who have given their lives for us, for each voting citizen to understand exactly what they are voting for.

Put differently, grow a spine, and believe in something. Communists believe in taking from the haves and giving to the have nots, charity at the point of a gun held by the state. Capitalists believe in the market, each deserving what he receives for any goods or services he provides a willing buyer. In the middle are those who don't have any clear idea of what they believe, and who are swayed daily by an onslaught of words and images couched in popular cultural formats, each carrying a subtle ideological message.

To those of you who feel Moderate, wake up. Take control of your life, get your information from multiple sources, not just NBC, ABC, CBS, FOX, MSNBC, NPR, and the NYTimes. Think about the sources giving you this info and their agenda. Come to your own conclusions about the facts of daily life, don't let the MSM tell you how to feel. Stand for something, no matter what, for reasons you can intelligently explain, based on facts and reason. You owe a lot of dead patriots this responsibility. If you can't, then shut up and get out of the way. The rest of us intend to move in a positive direction with thoughtfulness, appreciation and a sense of responsibility for the gift of liberty we've inherited.

The New Media has caught Dick Durbin attempting to do what the Establishment couldn't with it's attempt at amnesty for Illegal Aliens that was soundly defeated by we the people. Michelle Malkin, in "What's Dick Durbin Up To?"  called our attention to Durbin in her column yesterday, pointing out that he:

will stick the DREAM Act into the House Defense Bill HR1585. The DREAM Act, which would allow illegal alien students to get special in-state college tuition discounts not available to native-born and naturalized American students, has been resurrected by the Dems. You’ll remember it was a piece of the failed shamnesty bill in the Senate. As I noted during the debate, the Dream Act would repeal a clearly worded provision in the 1996 Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act (IIRIRA) that states:

    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, an alien who is not lawfully present in the United States shall not be eligible on the basis of residence within a State (or a political subdivision) for any postsecondary education benefit unless a citizen or national of the United States is eligible for such a benefit (in no less an amount, duration, and scope) without regard to whether the citizen or national is such a resident.

Durbin’s amendment would also welcome large numbers of illegal aliens into the military (you know, in addition to those the Pentagon has already allowed in).D

So, we must contact our Representatives and demand this provision be deleted from the bill. This is no small deal. This is incrementalism, the Libs using every sneaky method they can, to open the borders, and gain a voting bloc to control America with. You can stop this. You've stopped the amnesty bill, AND you've stopped OSHA from making inroads fowards taking away your 2nd amendment rights. The uproar over the OSHA rules ended up in the policy being reversed. See it here: http://www.nraila.org/Legislation/Read.aspx?ID=3162

The New Media is making a difference. Make the effort, make the call, write the email, stop the Progressive Liberal attempt to conquer America.

Some pundits claim the 2006 elections put conservative Democrats into power as voters turned away from the Liberal Conservatives who grew out of touch with the ordinary citizen. And the rejection of the amnesty bill had as much to do with them (in spite of a lack of notice by the MSM) as it did the Republicans. Does this point to a growing conservative movement in the Democratic party?

I think not. I think we're seeing Liberals who are telling people they are conservatives to get elected. The conservative movement IS growing, but in the electorate, not the Progressive Democrats.

One of the new supposed conservatives is James Webb. In the Washington Times, Webb said the following:

he has always had a beef with Republicans on what he called "basic fairness" issues involving American workers....

Mr. Webb took a leading role in the immigration debate, proposing his own middle-ground solution that would have required illegal aliens to demonstrate roots before gaining a path to citizenship, which he said would have limited the total to maybe 6 million of the estimated 12 million to 20 million illegal aliens now in the country....

Mr. Webb said he is "seriously looking" at the proposal from Republican Sens. John W. Warner of Virginia and Richard G. Lugar of Indiana, which would call on President Bush to plan for reductions in U.S. troops' presence and roles in Iraq.

My point is this. Don't get lulled into a sense of security that there are a growing number of "conservatives" in the Democratic party. They are wolves in sheep's clothing. Like Hillary, except we already know she's a wolf. You may find true conservatives outside the GOP, and if you do, vote for them. But don't buy the hype about a candidate until you look into what they really believe.

Like Rudy Giuliani.

Maps of Iraq abound across the internet showing the areas controlled by the Iraqi and American armies, and areas controlled by Al Queda. BinLaden, and Al Zawahiri both mention Iraq as the front line in their war against the west, a crucial battle that they say is the key.

So what does one of the top Democratic candidates for president suggest as strategy in Forbes? In an amazing display of all to familiar Democratic cluelessness about the war against Islamic Fascist Killers, Mike Glover of the AP reports Barack Obama said:

The U.S. should shift troops from Iraq to pursue al-Qaida along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border

Apparently Barack doesn't read the New York Times (either), so he doesn't know that Pakistan will not allow us to cross into their territory to pursue Al Queda. To do so would risk civil war within Pakistan, which is, ironically, dealing with it's own domestic enemies. But, then, sovereign borders has never been a consideration for Democrats.

So will Obama, if elected, move the troops to Afghanistan and invade Pakistan? Will anyone in the Enemedia ask him that question directly on television? Will they, for that matter, ask him about the blatantly racist views of his church of choice? Will they ask any Democratic candidate any question of substance? In a word, NO.

This is arm chair quarterbacking from somebody with absolutely NO experience or training. Yet he gets his view elevated to the level of expert. Townhall bloggers know more about foreign policy than Barack Obama.

"We cannot win a war against the terrorists if we're on the wrong battlefield," Obama said.

And we all know how badly the Democrats want to win the war against Islamic Jihadist Killers.

The Enemedia has been proclaiming that the GOP congress is deserting the Administration on Iraq, Over and over the newspapers have been highlighting the fact that a growing number of Republicans are parting with President Bush after standing by for so long. Sound depressing? That's the intended impact.

But those who're leaving are merely Republicans in Name Only, and not at all conservatives. Example, Olympia J Snowe of Maine, and George Voinovich of Ohio. Get past the blatantly biased journalism, and you see nothing but business as usual. That is until a glimmer of a spark appeared.

Seems the Democratic Senator from North Dakota, Dorgan, introduced an amendment to the 2008 Defense Authorization bill that sought a reward for the capture of Bin Laden. And I'm amazed to tell you that, as reported by Matthew Continetti in the Weekly Standard:

The next morning the Senate's number three Republican, Jon Kyl of Arizona, went to the Senate floor and pointed out the discrepancy between Dorgan's and Sununu's amendments. Dorgan's emphasis on "capturing" bin Laden, Kyl said, was illustrative of the Democrats' approach to terrorists. Kyl said Democrats treat the enemy as criminals to be captured and prosecuted, not enemy soldiers to be detained or destroyed. The revised Dorgan amendment passed overwhelmingly.

No big revelation to you here at Townhall, but significant considering it was being said as a rebuke to the Democrats. Yes, a Republican fighting back. Not afraid of opinion polls. And, Continetti goes on to tell us:

What's more, the Senate Republican leadership is primed to go on offense this week, having identified language in the authorization bill, and in several Democratic amendments to it, that they plan to portray as soft on terrorism. Senate Republicans' next move will be to introduce an amendment striking language from the defense bill that would expand the rights of detainees held in military prisons in Iraq. And they look forward to debating Democratic amendments that they say would treat terrorism as a crime, not war.

Now listen here GOP, a broad based conservative agenda would sweep the Republican Party into power again, if you only can muster the courage to embrace it. Then it's time to get rid of Snowe, Lugar, Voinovich, Hagel, Warner, Dominici at the earliest opportunity to get things on the right track. Got game GOP?

Remember when John Murtha stated in the Mainstream Media that US Marines “killed innocent civilians in cold blood”? Remember when he said  “There was no firefight. There was no [bomb] that killed those innocent people,”

David Allender, in the American Thinker writes:

The Investigative Officer in in the LCpl. Sharratt Article 32 hearing has recommended that murder charges be dropped. This clears one of the defendants in the so-called "Haditha massacre." One innocent man and brave soldier has been spared further agony in this disgraceful prosecution.

John Murtha made his remarks before the Marines even had a chance to air their side of the story. He never even tried to give them the presumption of innocence. Why? Blind partisan politics. The same stuff that tries to suppress the military vote every election. The officer in charge of the investigation, Lt. Col. Paul Ware, said in the report:

"To believe the government version of facts is to disregard clear and convincing evidence to the contrary, and sets a dangerous precedent that, in my opinion, may encourage others to bear false witness against Marines as a tactic to erode public support of the Marine Corps and mission in Iraq,"

John Murtha should resign. The congress should censure him. He is a disgrace to the United States of America.

This Democratic Congress may well be the worst in the entire history of our country.

Where's the fence?

To be a Liberal in this moment of American history brings with it what must be an unbelievable burden. The necessity to ignore all reason and fact, and embrace all the wrongs in the world. As Nick Cohen puts it in his book "What's Left?":

influential and mainstream leftist have gone along with movements representing everything they are meant to be against: the ultra-right. In his own words, they have made excuses for, or sometimes sided with, a religious fanaticism that wants to ‘subjugate women, kill homosexuals, kill Jews, kill freethinkers and establish a theocratic empire.’

They're forced to talk out of both sides of their mouths, which must lead to some fatigue of the facial muscles. And now, somehow, they've got to ignore all evidence that there is progress in Iraq, and demand defeat. Then tell themselves that leaving Iraq will end the problem. So they can get on with the business of telling us how to run our lives, and taking from the productive, and giving to the unproductive at the point of a gun held by the State.

This leaves Liberals in the unfortunate place of being on the wrong side of history. Today's Progressives will be responsible for the coming wave of death and violence abroad and here. My prediction, their solution will be to demand more taxes to protect us and deal with social inequality. So many taxes, in fact, that this nation's fabulous economy is going to bust. THEN you're going to see some social unrest.

This may be a good time to consider moving to Alaska, while the getting's good.

They're inserting themselves into the MidEast in a way that may eventually lead to conflict with the United States. Are you surprised? Described by others as incrementalism, the Chinese are now moving to make energy deals with the anti Western powers. In the Jerusalem Post, it was reported that:

Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao said on Tuesday that his country supported Syria's claims to the Golan Heights, the Syrian news agency SANA reported.

Meanwhile, Jiabao and Dardari finalized a $1 billion deal for China to build a large oil refinery, with a potential output of 70,000 barrels a day in Syria.

http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1184063449364&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

Does this get your attention? It got mine. Israel can never give back the Golan, it's the high ground from which the entire country is vulnerable. I'm waiting for our crack State dept. to make a statement. If we finally get around to finding the courage to deal with these guys in Syria who've been actively aiding those killing American soldiers, will be have to fight the Chinese too?

Not looking good now, we keep waiting too long for everything. When Iran gets the bomb, then what? I'll tell you what. In the Arutz Sheva Israel National News, Ezra HaLevi reported the following:

Minister of Strategic Affairs Avigdor Lieberman (Yisrael Beiteinu party), whose government portfolio was created specifically to deal with the Iranian threat, met with NATO’s Assistant Secretary-General Alexandro Minoto Rizo and the European Union’s representative Franco Partini earlier this week. Lieberman reported that NATO’s senior officials said Israel should not assume that the international community will stop Iran just to help Israel.

“Israel should prevent the threat, herself, and should not expect support of other countries Lieberman reported as the conclusions reached at the meeting. “NATO is stuck in Afghanistan and European and American troops are wallowing in the Iraqi quagmire, which is something that is going to prevent the leaders of countries in Europe and America from deciding on the use of force to destroy Iran's nuclear facilities,” he said.

Chess pieces seem to be moving. I hope they get Ahmadinnerjacket with the nuke sites.

After holding steadfast in Iraq, lawmaking conservatives in name only are abandoning ship. Why should we care about staying? Because we made the mess, and made a promise. That simple. But also, because it's the smarter thing to do. And also because it's the moral thing to do, remember those?
The New York Times reports:

Hoshyar Zebari, the foreign minister, sounded a similar warning at a Baghdad news conference on Monday. “The dangers vary from civil war to dividing the country or maybe to regional wars,” he said, referring to an American withdrawal. “In our estimation the danger is huge. Until the Iraqi forces and institutions complete their readiness, there is a responsibility on the U.S. and other countries to stand by the Iraqi government and the Iraqi people to help build up their capabilities.”

The Dallas Morning News Editorial:

The likely outcome is an unacceptable mix of civil war, chaos, massive bloodshed and potentially direct military confrontation involving Iran, Syria, Turkey and Saudi Arabia. Do our best thinkers on Capitol Hill really believe that's preferable to the status quo?

General Petraeus, in the New York Daily News said:

...as Sunni tribes in Diyala, Salah ad Din and Ninevah Provinces turn against al Qaeda and its extremist affiliates.... We're beginning to see a revolt of the middle against both extremes.

And to the chagrin of the New York Treason Times Editorial staff, The Daily Standard references John Burns report in the Times stating:

A year after a Marine intelligence report described the region as "lost," Burns explains "an astonishing success" in what was "Iraq's most dangerous city." Now, cooperation between local tribal leaders and the U.S. military "has all but ended the fighting in Ramadi and recast the city as a symbol of hope that the tide of war may yet be reversed to favor the Americans and their Iraqi allies." Victory, in Burns' assessment, is a long way off, but is possible.

Even the Socialist BBC astonishly reported in it's news:

the real battle was no longer in cities like Baquba which American troops had just liberated from Al-Qeada but in Washington where patience was running out.

Patience, or courage?

Maybe the Mainstream Media and an American General are hard to believe. Maybe rightly so. But consider the news from the ground in Iraq. Michael Yon, reporting from the scene with the troops, says Iraqis are now realizing the time has come:

The big news on the streets today is that the people of Baqubah are generally ecstatic, although many hold in reserve a serious concern that we will abandon them again. For many Iraqis, we have morphed from being invaders to occupiers to members of a tribe. I call it the “al Ameriki tribe,” or “tribe America.”...the Iraqis can no longer deny that we really do want them to succeed. But we want them to succeed without us. We want to see their streets are clean and safe, their grass is green, and their birds are singing. We want to see that on television. Not in person. We don’t want to be here. We tell them that every day. It finally has settled in that we are telling the truth.

Now that all those realizations and more have settled in, the dynamics here are changing in palpable ways.

http://www.michaelyon-online.com/wp/baqubah-update-05-july-2007.htm

And as Mookie Sadr runs away to Iran once again, the Democrats and Conservatives in name Only are stepping up to attempt to defeat this Republic in it's effort to create stability in Iraq, and momentum in the region against the forces that killed 3000 of us on 9/11 and who would gladly use nuclear weapons on the West if they could.

So lets pull out stakes and come home? And you're conservatives?