Missing from American Newspapers

You would think this would be big news, but...wait, don’t they keep saying there is no left wing bias in the press here? Right.

American and Iraqi forces are driving Al-Qaeda in Iraq out of its last redoubt in the north of the country in the culmination of one of the most spectacular victories of the war on terror.

After being forced from its strongholds in the west and centre of Iraq in the past two years, Al-Qaeda’s dwindling band of fighters has made a defiant “last stand” in the northern city of Mosul.

A huge operation to crush the 1,200 fighters who remained from a terrorist force once estimated at more than 12,000 began on May 10.

Iraq is stabilizing. Companies are moving in. Obama is going to find his withdrawal stance a weakness, except with his radical supporters. But McCain is strengthened by his stance on the war. His arguments are being validated. .

All of this was inevitable, as I have said many times before (I wish my old blog files weren’t wiped, dammit). Iraqis are people and people get tired of war. Most want peace fo some kind so they can live their lives. As long as there is a stabilizing force in the area, peace can be achieved, But if someone like Obama creates another power vacuum by pulling out US tropps, all that effort will be wasted.

As for the American media, it seems they were telling us for years that Saddam had no WMD and no nuclear program and trhe Democrats pounded on this theme over and over again. So then, how do they explain this?

The last major remnant of Saddam Hussein’s nuclear program - a huge stockpile of concentrated natural uranium - reached a Canadian port Saturday to complete a secret U.S. operation that included a two-week airlift from Baghdad and a ship voyage crossing two oceans.

The removal of 550 metric tons of “yellowcake” - the seed material for higher-grade nuclear enrichment - was a significant step toward closing the books on Saddam’s nuclear legacy. It also brought relief to U.S. and Iraqi authorities who had worried the cache would reach insurgents or smugglers crossing to Iran to aid its nuclear ambitions.

Emphasis mine. A HUGE STOCKPILE OF CONCENTRATED URANIUM. Excuse me? And this is just quietly reported so hopefully no one will notice?

One of my problems with the Bush administration is, they made their case and didn’t defend it well at all. They didn’t even trot out stuff like this to show that yes, there was a nuclear program. Here’s the evidence.

The invasion of Iraq was probably a really good thing despite the all the tragedy that came about from it. Most of that was the result of efforts by the very same people the war on terror was designed to fight. Now these terrorists are being put down and another country is out of their grasp. Seven years after 9/11 and no terrorist attacks in the US. The few that happened in Europe were weaker each time.

Say what you want about the war, but we seem to be winning. There’s little to indicate otherwise. 

>>Here’s the evidence.

Where?

Posted by  on  07/06  at  01:17 PM

See above

Posted by  on  07/06  at  01:46 PM

Hud, I think you need to fix the link for the second article (which would answer Wienna’s question).

Posted by John Cassidy  on  07/06  at  01:51 PM

Damn, I hate it when that heppens. Fixed now.

Basically they are removing all the yellowcake uranium that Joe Wilson and the Democrats claimed they never had. Why doesn’t the Bush administration wave that under their nose?

Posted by  on  07/06  at  01:57 PM

It’s highly irritating that it’s other countries who are moving into Iraq and taking advantage of the peace to set up companies and develop oil contracts.  Where’s the US?  Held back because of pressure from the “No blood for oil!” and “The war was for Bush’s oil buddies!” and “Halliburton!” gang of leftist idiots in the MSM and elsewhere.
It is beyond infuriating to see countries that were openly hostile to the US war effort, like France and Germany, sleazing into Iraq and setting up oil deals while Congress squabbles on our end.  Grrr.

Posted by  on  07/07  at  12:34 PM

Democrats hate being called traitors, yet thanks to the leftists in charge, that’s how they act. Their stupid, blind hatred of Republicans leads them to do things that are destructive and against the country’s best interests.

There was a time when both parties in their own way did what they thought was best for the country. Now all they care about is stupid one upsmanship.

Posted by  on  07/07  at  02:04 PM

And now the Iraq government is calling for an exit timeline from the Americans.  What a bunch of fools.  Iran and its proxies must be laughing their asses off.

Posted by  on  07/08  at  01:28 PM

I seem to recall them doing this before. I think it’s a stunt to appease certain members of their public. We’ll see how that goes.

Posted by  on  07/08  at  01:36 PM
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