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And they’re correct. America can not lose, she can not fall – unless the rot from the inside gets her. That is why we must stay strong, resolute, as our men and women right for our freedoms.

Rasmussen Reports conducted a poll that shows the highest number ever in his poll of Americans believing in victory.

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Move America Forward Chairman Melanie Morgan sent this to me today and it brought back such sweet memories. Memories of what we are fighting for and whom we are fighting (radical Muslim Jihadists in Iraq and elsewhere; stinky hippies with warped brains here in the states).

The video shows the lefties from World Can’t Wait saying they’ll burn a Marine flag. Well, that’s probably not the best idea, if you’ve ever met a Marine.

Check it out here.

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U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Lorinda Taketa, stationed at Travis Air Force Base in Fairfield, Calif., wipes away tears while trying on a gown. (Pauline Lubens)

United States troops promise to protect our country for reasons beyond money. So it is only fitting that we support them in any way that we can, whether it is through care packages, notes, or hounding our legislators to do the right things when it comes to laws affecting our troops.

A San Jose bridal shop, Bella Mia Bride in San Jose’s Westgate Mall, has gone a step further, giving away 30 wedding gowns to military brides, whether they are in the service or their fiancé is serving.

We at Move America Forward helped advertise the Bella Mia Bride’s gift to deserving women.

The San Jose Mercury News reported on the selfless, patriotic gesture:

By Joshua Molina
Mercury News

With streaks of purple, aqua and green in her hair, giddy Jennifer Phan walked out of the dressing room in a strapless oyster-colored dress. She had a bounce to her step and a twinkle in her eye.
Surrounded by mirrors and the eyes of her mother and friends, the 25-year-old knew, in that moment, the search was over.
“We found a dress,” she cheered, prompting a rousing wave of applause.
Retail price: $800. Phan’s price: $0.
The San Jose resident was one of about 30 women who walked away with a free wedding dress on Sunday, courtesy of a “military bridal gown giveaway” sponsored by Bella Mia Bride in San Jose’s Westgate Mall.
“I am really grateful,” Phan said. “It’s a great feeling when you have actually found the dress you will wear on your wedding day.”
Boutique owner Jennifer Yu devoted Sunday to military families who are planning to walk down the aisle. Dozens of wide-eyed women lined up outside the store when it opened, and by the end of the day she had given away new dresses valued at tens of thousands of dollars. The most expensive one cost $2,000.
Phan and her fiance, 25-year-old Mark Abarquez, a Marine sergeant at Camp Pendleton who has served in Iraq, plan to marry in September 2009 in Los Gatos.
They expect to have at least 500 people there. With a food budget already estimated at about $20,000, she was all smiles over the gift.
“The dress,” she said, “helps with the budget for the overall wedding.”

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Many folks who live in Democracies take for granted the air conditioning in their cars and homes, and the pools in their neighborhoods. The heat is stifling in Iraq this summer, as usual, and U.S. soldiers know it. They wear heavy Kevlar, weapons and helmets in the 130-degree heat.
But they didn’t want kids to suffer, so they worked with Iraqi officials and contractors to refurbish the pool.

Here’s the story about the cool pool:

BAGHDAD – Children and young adults alike donned swimming trunks to take the plunge or dive off the diving board after the re-opening of the Mesbah Pool in the Karadah district of southeast Baghdad, Aug. 7, 2008.

Iraqi officials, contractors, and Soldiers from 5th Battalion, 25th Field Artillery, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division (Light), worked together to bring this historic pool back to the people of Iraq.

The Mesbah Pool is an Olympic-sized pool that has been around for quite a long time, claimed Capt. Sean O’Brien, effects coordinator for 5th Bn., 25th FA.

In fact, the pool was built in 1927, said Nibras, the project manager for the Mesbah Pool, explaining that it was the first pool built in Iraq.

Unfortunately, the pool fell into disrepair over the years, according to Sgt. 1st Class Raymond Allen, a non-commissioned officer assigned to 5th Bn., 25th FA’s effects cell.

“A lot of the people in high-level government positions … remember swimming in this pool when they were children,” said O’Brien. “There is a lot of pride associated with it in the community.”

It took a great deal of hard work in a short amount of time to renovate Mesbah pool. Some people wanted to tear it down and start from scratch, but that wasn’t necessary.

“We did our best to finish it in one month and it is a great job,” said Nibras. Although it would have been easier to tear down this pool and build a new pool, the overwhelming sentiment for the project leaned toward restoring the pool to its original state, he expressed.

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BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraqi Prime Minister Prime Nuri al-Maliki said on Monday that an agreement had been reached in negotiations on a security pact with the United States to end any foreign military presence in Iraq by the end of 2011.
“There is an agreement actually reached, reached between the two parties on a fixed date which is the end of 2011 to end any foreign presence on Iraqi soil,” Maliki said in a speech to tribal leaders in the Baghdad’s heavily fortified Green Zone.
“Yes, there is major progress on the issue of the negotiations on the security deal,” Maliki said, according to Reuters.
The Iraqi government has said it is proposing U.S. troops end patrols of Iraqi towns and villages by the middle of next year and U.S. combat troops leave Iraq by 2011.
But Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said in a visit to Baghdad last week that no final agreement had been reached. The Bush administration has sought to steer clear of fixed timetables in negotiating the agreement.
(Reporting by Ahmed Rasheed)

The headline of this article should be “America and allies defeat terrorism in Iraq; Troops will come home.” Naysayers will complain that not all terrorism has ceased in Iraq. That’s like saying not all murders have stopped in Oakland, Philadelphia or Washington D.C. Disgruntled punks with homemade bombs – or leftovers from Iran’s murderous regime – will continue to attack the good people of Iraq who pray for Democracy and freedom.

But we have won. Make no mistake about it. This is why we see very little about Iraq on the news. It is why military-haters have gotten nowhere in their bids to impeach President Bush. It is also why many politicians look like lying incompetents.