Andy
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Winning in Iraq
The Iraqis are taking back their country as planned.
Al Qaeda is losing support, and is becoming more scarce. A clear sign we are winning.
The terrorist elements are in retreat, not advance.
Gen. David Petraeus and his deputies sharply prioritized the threats we face in Iraq: Al Qaeda is No. 1, and Iran's Shia proxies are No. 2. Our troops hunt them relentlessly. And we don't face our enemies alone: Iraq's security forces have begun to pick up their share of the fight.
The Iraqis are taking back their country as planned.
Al Qaeda lost the support of Iraq's Sunni Arabs. The fanatics over-reached: They murdered popular sheiks, kidnapped tribal women for forced marriages, tried to outlaw any form of joy and (perhaps most fatally, given Iraqi habits) banned smoking.
Al Qaeda is losing support, and is becoming more scarce. A clear sign we are winning.
Al Qaeda has been pushed right across Anbar, from the once Wild West to the province's eastern fringes. The terrorists are still dug in elsewhere, from the Diyala River Valley to a few Baghdad neighborhoods - but, to quote that senior officer again, "our forces have been taking out their leaders faster than they can find qualified replacements."
The terrorist elements are in retreat, not advance.