On September 27th, the Program on International Policy Attitudes (PIPA) released a poll of Iraqi opinion – a sequel to its poll of January, 2006. The PIPA study contains findings to hearten both partisans and opponents of the administration’s Iraq policy. Iraqis express a strong, but qualified, rejection of the presence of U.S. troops, and a strong, but qualified, acceptance of the new order that those troops have wrought.
“Should jihadists leaving Iraq perceive themselves, and be perceived, to have failed, we judge fewer fighters will be inspired to carry on the fight.” (Page 2, Declassified Key Judgments, National Intelligence Estimate)
Duh.
Democrats are crowing about a new National Intelligence Estimate that, somewhere in all its pages, says that the U.S. is a larger target of terrorism now, because of the war in Iraq.
Less than two weeks have passed since the five-year-anniversary of 9/11, when we were attacked by terrorists, and the liberals are pretending that September 11th, through the Spring of 2003 did not exist.
Of course, this NIE could be faulty, just like a previous NIE.
As the whole world now knows, Mark Mazetti of the New York Times leaked selected findings of a classified National Intelligence Estimate (Sept. 23, 2006: “Spy Agencies Say War Worsens Terrorist Threat.”)
Pajamas Media is pointing out how few reporters covering Iraq are actually out in the field.
When I was embedded with a Marine infantry platoon in the Summer of 2005, I only saw a handful of reporters pass through Fallujah.
The Battle for Baghdad rages on. Some of the indices of coalition progress are positive:
Other indices were poor.
It was one year ago that I witnessed something I think about nearly every day.
On Sept. 19th, 2005, I was an embedded reporter with Silver Platoon, RCT-8, Camp Fallujah, Iraq.
It was one year ago that I witnessed something I think about nearly every day.
On Sept. 19th, 2005, I was an embedded reporter with Silver Platoon, RCT-8, Camp Fallujah, Iraq.
It was the last mission I went on.
Part II, Friday.
Bilal Hussein, the Associated Press’ go-to man for close up photos of terrorists in Iraq, is currently being detained by the Coalition after he was caught with two Al Qaida leaders.
The Associated Press conducted their own inquiry and found Bilal Huessein not guilty.
But their line of reasoning defies all common sense for we know exactly what AQI leaders do to journalists–usually kidnap, hold for ransom and occasionally behead.
