Posted by
Aaron G on Monday, July 07, 2008 8:26:18 PM
Wasn't the purpose of the surge to create an environment where the government and the military could stand on thier own? Well, with almost all of the bench marks for the government being met, it looks like Prime Minister Maliki is looking at his security situation and liking what he sees there too. While speaking to officials in the United Arab Emerates, Maliki had this to say...
"Our hopes were restricted on improving the security situation, and thank God we succeed in spreading security and direct strong blows to the al-Qaeda and lawbreakers," Maliki told senior officials in the Emirates.
I think his confidence is definately growing, but he should remain cautious and remember that anything premature is ill advised. It also shows that the surge was definately what the doctor ordered for stability and an honorable withdrawl of our troops from Iraq. Or was it something the Senator ordered? Senator McCain that is.
Just think, if Obama and he cut and runners had it thier way, we probably wouldn't be talking about when we're gonna leave with honor. We'd probably be trying to figure out how to deploy our troops back over there to help clean up the aftermath of a genocidal civil war.