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Turning Things Around In Anbar Province
Posted by Pejman Yousefzadeh on Thu Jun 14, 2007 at 11:33:03 PM EST
This story discusses Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte's visit to Iraq and the immensely good news that he found when visiting Anbar province. Basically, the Petraeus counterinsurgency plan has been implemented to foster an alliance amongst the sheikhs in Anbar against al Qaeda. You know, the organization that according to people like Nancy Pelosi, is not responsible for much of the violence that goes on in Iraq. To be sure, the story notes that the return of a number of sheikhs to a newly stable Anbar might re-ignite rivalries that may put a strain on the alliance against al Qaeda in Anbar, but the story also makes it clear that the allies against al Qaeda are determined to ensure that this does not indeed come to pass.
Someone will, of course, need to explain why it is that what has been accomplished in Anbar cannot be accomplished throughout Iraq. Someone will need to explain why it is that we are even thinking of pulling the plug on the reconstruction effort in Iraq when we have a model of success to emulate. And someone will need to explain how the success in Anbar is an example of the supposed "incompetence" of the generals in charge of the reconstruction effort.
Dare we hope that such answers will be forthcoming? Or will it be the case that the very real story of a turnaround in Anbar will simply be swept under the rug?
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