Iraq Update and Anbar's "Desert Protectors,"

[cameron]

DefenseLINK News: Insurgents Will Keep Fighting Until Elections, General Says

120 Iraqi army and police battalions are in the fight

30 percent of those battalions able to take the lead on security operations.

Iraqi forces have planned, led and conducted

1,300 recent operations

211,000 members of the Iraqi army and police are trained and equipped.

111,000 Iraqi police are well over half of the anticipated full force of 195,000

The Iraqi Defense Ministry created a localized unit, known as "Desert Protectors,"

"These are the people of al Anbar saying 'We want to be part of evicting the insurgents from our province

[cameron]

cameron said:

DefenseLINK News: Insurgents Will Keep Fighting Until Elections, General Says

120 Iraqi army and police battalions are in the fight

30 percent of those battalions able to take the lead on security operations.

Iraqi forces have planned, led and conducted

1,300 recent operations

211,000 members of the Iraqi army and police are trained and equipped.

111,000 Iraqi police are well over half of the anticipated full force of 195,000

The Iraqi Defense Ministry created a localized unit, known as "Desert Protectors,"

"These are the people of al Anbar saying 'We want to be part of evicting the insurgents from our province

I just put this here to re-read it and have in order to continue a dialog with Miko. I am unable for the moment to post at the THC so would someone be so kind as to invite Miko here? I'd owe ya one.


History Channel: logic

One side involved in the conflict in Iraq is acting with moral authority.

The other side is acting against moral authority.

To suggest that those acting against moral authority are the moral equivalent of those acting with moral authority.

Is to be morally ambivalent as to what side should prevail.

To be morally ambivalent as to what side should prevail in a conflict between those acting with moral authority, and those acting against moral authority.

Is to adopt an immoral position.

[dustdevil28]

Progress is continuos and undeniable (though I'm sure some will try) in Iraq. With the passing of the Constitution it's still just a matter of time before our troops come home for some well deserved R and R.