Comments on: Video: Iraq Surge Slowly Falling Apart? http://donklephant.com/2008/03/21/video-iraq-surge-slowly-falling-apart/ Big Teeth. Huge Ass. Surprisingly Reasonable. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 23:59:03 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Jimmy the Dhimmi http://donklephant.com/2008/03/21/video-iraq-surge-slowly-falling-apart/comment-page-1/#comment-394944 Jimmy the Dhimmi Wed, 26 Mar 2008 15:24:50 +0000 http://donklephant.com/2008/03/21/video-iraq-surge-slowly-falling-apart/#comment-394944 Well, it turns out the surge is not slowly falling apart, the security forces were paid, and this is not a big issue. <a href="http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/gen-petraeus-vs-the-british-press/" rel="nofollow">So says General David Patraeus.</a> It turns out the Guardian was referring to outdated information, and that even more Sunnis are being incorporated into the security forces to fight Al-qaeda. They are desperately searching for news to proclaim failure in Iraq that simply isn't there. I don't know which is more "typical." Well, it turns out the surge is not slowly falling apart, the security forces were paid, and this is not a big issue. So says General David Patraeus.

It turns out the Guardian was referring to outdated information, and that even more Sunnis are being incorporated into the security forces to fight Al-qaeda. They are desperately searching for news to proclaim failure in Iraq that simply isn’t there. I don’t know which is more “typical.”

]]> By: Donklephant » Blog Archive » Waiting For 5,000 http://donklephant.com/2008/03/21/video-iraq-surge-slowly-falling-apart/comment-page-1/#comment-394803 Donklephant » Blog Archive » Waiting For 5,000 Mon, 24 Mar 2008 18:45:34 +0000 http://donklephant.com/2008/03/21/video-iraq-surge-slowly-falling-apart/#comment-394803 [...] died in the last two weeks. There’s news that the Iraqis we’ve hired to fight al Qaeda haven’t been paid yet and are dangerously close to quitting. Violence across the country claimed the lives of 58 citizens [...] [...] died in the last two weeks. There’s news that the Iraqis we’ve hired to fight al Qaeda haven’t been paid yet and are dangerously close to quitting. Violence across the country claimed the lives of 58 citizens [...]

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