Couric Sees Encouraging Signs In Iraq
Yes, you read that right. At a time when Democrats seem to have adopted a ‘See Only Evil’ approach, Katie Couric is reporting that there’s an abundance of positive things happening in Iraq. Here’s a sample of what she’s saying:
Now Fallujah is “considered a real role model of something working right in Iraq,” Couric said. Many more Iraqis have joined the Iraqi Security Forces in the overwhelmingly Sunni Anbar province. Despite mutual distrust, stemming from the power shift after Saddam Hussein’s Baathist government fell, Sunnis and Shiites are working together in the ISF to fight al Qaeda in Iraq.
That isn’t news that Harry Reid wanted to hear but it’s information that we’ve seen elsewhere. That’s why I got a kick out of Danielle Knight’s article. She made it sound like the outcome was in doubt as to whether Democrats could get 60 votes to start bringing the troops home. With so much positive news now getting reported, I suspect that some of the Democrats facing re-election in 2008 will side with Republicans. Talk about whether Republicans will abandon President Bush is pure political theater.
Katie Couric’s reporting is just another shot in the arm to the Bush administration. Here’s another bit of information from Couric’s trip that has the Bush administration smiling:
“The spike in police has really been significant,” Couric said. “The incidents in Iraq have gone down dramatically.” Security and stability have improved in Iraq, but basic services remain in disrepair. “I think everyone I talk to agrees that restoring basic services is really an imperative step in bringing stability and some kind of sense of society to Iraq,” Couric said.
Unless I miss my guess, the American people will be sufficiently impressed with what’s happening in Iraq to side with President Bush keeping the surge going. That doesn’t mean that all worries have faded into oblivion. Clearly, there’s still much progress to be made.
One thing that’s undeniable is the effect that Gen. Petraeus has had on the improving conditions in Iraq. Without his surge strategy in Anbar Province, regional reconciliation wouldn’t be happening. Without regional reconciliation, Sunnis would likely still be helping AQI terrorists. It’s doubtful that Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri would’ve switched sides without proof that the surge is working.
Democrats have already decided to hitch their star to the lack of political progress in the Iraqi Parliament. I’d bet that the American people will be more focused on the military progress that’s being made.
I’ve chided Katie Couric more than a few times but I’ll give her her due. She went to Iraq; she found progress happening there and she reported what she saw. For that, she should be given credit.
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September 5th, 2007 at 2:55 am
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September 5th, 2007 at 4:45 am
I’ve been feeling reasonably good about the success of “the Surge” until now. With Couric’s blessing on it, what chance does it have?
September 5th, 2007 at 10:53 am
Couric is still a puppet. She still throws in many negatives with her revelation. However, I will give her some credence at this time. Let’s see if it continues……that I doubt.
September 5th, 2007 at 9:34 pm
The surge, the surge, the surge, OK fine what else???
Well-uh, lessee here.
Your optimism is admirable, but come on. Political progress is moving with all the dispatch of a glacier. Yes, there is some encouraging signs, but we are running out of things to do, if Patreus settles the war down to an acceptable level, before the domestic things gel, were basically out of there, with our ass barely intact. Then what? On to the next major screw up.
September 6th, 2007 at 3:27 pm
there’s great video about iraq from the debate last night on veracifier’s website. [veracifier dot com]
i think mccain is getting a little deluded in his comments about the war. things AREN’T super, and it just seems he’d rather close his eyes to it than own up. who do you think actually could cut muster, though?
but it makes you wonder. fox’s coverage AFTER the debates asked 29 republican voters about their level of happiness with the debate… and all were “Disappointed.”
September 7th, 2007 at 8:01 am
These debates are staged for the reporters and the press, not the voters.