And Now a Word From the New York Times
Today we posted the link to the Los Angeles Times’ article, saying Bush was in heap big trouble when September gets here because he has no backing and the war is lost, basically.
Well, thanks to California Conservative I have been directed to this New York Times article.
Let’s all be clear about this: neither the Los Angeles Times nor the New York Times has a conservative bent and they are not in favor of the war in Iraq.
With that said, let me quote from the New York Times article:
RAMADI, Iraq — Anbar Province, long the lawless heartland of the tenacious Sunni Arab resistance, is undergoing a surprising transformation. Violence is ebbing in many areas, shops and schools are reopening, police forces are growing and the insurgency appears to be in retreat.
“Many people are challenging the insurgents,” said the governor of Anbar, Maamoon S. Rahid, though he quickly added, “We know we haven’t eliminated the threat 100 percent.”
Many Sunni tribal leaders, once openly hostile to the American presence, have formed a united front with American and Iraqi government forces against Al Qaeda in Mesopotamia. With the tribal leaders’ encouragement, thousands of local residents have joined the police force. About 10,000 police officers are now in Anbar, up from several thousand a year ago. During the same period, the police force here in Ramadi, the provincial capital, has grown from fewer than 200 to about 4,500, American military officials say.
At the same time, American and Iraqi forces have been conducting sweeps of insurgent strongholds, particularly in and around Ramadi, leaving behind a network of police stations and military garrisons, a strategy that is also being used in Baghdad, Iraq’s capital, as part of its new security plan.
Yet for all the indications of a heartening turnaround in Anbar, the situation, as it appeared during more than a week spent with American troops in Ramadi and Falluja in early April, is at best uneasy and fragile. [They couldn't resist that last paragraph. ED]
Go over to California Conservative and read the commentary there. It won’t hurt any liberal to take a look. They can’t reach through your monitor and grab you. 
The Gentle Cricket Says:
April 30th, 2007 at 5:44 pmVisit The Gentle Cricket
Yes, this is certainly an encouraging article. It supports the claims that General Petraeus has made. Unfortunately Harry Reid doesn’t believe a word of it.
Ron Says:
April 30th, 2007 at 6:25 pmVisit Ron
I know they’re not known to support conservative views.