Saturday, January 28, 2006

 

Long, Hard Slog

Although we turned our attention to Tal Afar in northwestern Iraq over four months ago, it in only now that our local commander is declaring victory, and he has to call it a "fragile victory." Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld's prediction about the global fight against militant islamicism (particularly in Afghanistan and Iraq) might have been a bit rosy.

I wonder if we have the stomach for such a protracted war; of course, if we get tired of it, the enemy will certainly be glad to remind us of the need to fight back.

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