The Surge, Al Qaeda, & The Dems Disconnect

Rich Lowry has an insightful opinion piece in today's New York Sun pointing out the obvious (which, as often happens, had completely bypassed me). The Democratic talk of civil war in Iraq is kind of tough to sustain as this point, since only one side seems to be showing up for it. The Shia are gone to ground. Al Qaeda in Iraq, according to captured documents, intends to contest security operations in Baghdad. Most of the Democrats who decry the surge nonetheless still say that we should be fighting against Al Qaeda in counterinsurgency operations. Hmmm, are you starting to see the disconnect between what the Dems say they want, what is happening on the ground, and their current effort to pull the rug out from under everything with their coalition of the bribed. Read the article here.

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