Two must-read articles today concerning Iraq. One is by Michael Yon outlining the reasons he believes the war is effectively over and we have emerged victorious. Sorry libs. I trust Yon’s reporting on the war to be the most unbiased and in depth reporting available to the public. He’s spent more time there than pretty much anyone in the media. As if we couldn’t come to the same conclusion of victory on our own based on what is reported - or un-reported - elsewhere, but hearing Yon say it with such certainty is further encouragement.

The other concerns the messiah and his shameless attempts to play both sides of the Iraq issue. On the one hand he grudgingly admits the surge resulted in success, but still says he wouldn’t support it if he could do it all over again. Kind of reminds me of the questions Bush and Cheney got about whether they would still invade Iraq knowing what they know today about the WMDs that were never found. Though somehow it seems the press isn’t exploring these questions quite so passionately where Obama is concerned.

As an aside, I’m glad the surge worked and the war is “over” because my older brother is currently on a plane back there for the back four of a twelve month tour. I like to think he’s played no small part in the decline of the most visible insurgent weapon, the IED, over the last year. Proud of him. But there are still plenty of dead-enders over there to pose significant danger to our fighting men and women, so the prayers must never stop.

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