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Bad news for the white-flag brigade: the good guys (the United States) has cleaned house in Baghdad and can now reduce troop levels there.

The International Herald Tribue reports:

American forces have routed Al Qaeda in Mesopotamia from every neighborhood of Baghdad, a top American general said Wednesday, allowing for a reduction of U.S. troops to pre-surge levels and an increased focus on Shiite militias.
Major-General Joseph Fil, commander of U.S. forces in Baghdad, said that American troops have yet to clear 13 percent of the city, including Sadr City and several other neighborhoods controlled by Shiite militias. But, he said, “there’s just no question” that violence has been reduced since a spike in June.
“Murder victims are down 80 percent from where they were at the peak” he said. “IED attacks are down 70 percent.”

And Reuters adds more good news:

Americans cannot win unless the enemy within grips our government.

Hooray for our team! Boo-friggin’-hoo for the losers (Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, Ted Knnedy, and various spineless republicans.
As we at Move America Forward have said all along: Give our troops the time and resources, and they will NOT be beaten. Hoo-ah!!

Peace in the Land

Michael Yon brings more truth from Iraq

Thanks and Praise: I photographed men and women, both Christians and Muslims, placing a cross atop the St. John’s Church in Baghdad. They had taken the cross from storage and a man washed it before carrying it up to the dome.
A Muslim man had invited the American soldiers from “Chosen” Company 2-12 Infantry to the church, where I videotaped as Muslims and Christians worked and rejoiced at the reopening of St John’s, an occasion all viewed as a sign of hope.
The Iraqis asked me to convey a message of thanks to the American people. ” Thank you, thank you,” the people were saying. One man said, “Thank you for peace.” Another man, a Muslim, said “All the people, all the people in Iraq, Muslim and Christian, is brother.” The men and women were holding bells, and for the first time in memory freedom rang over the ravaged land between two rivers.