Iraqi Defense Forces and Coalition troops have managed to vanquish insurgent forces in Samarra and now have the city under their control.
I’m beginning to wonder if perhaps - as the administration in Washington has asserted - their perseverance and willingness to wait for the IDF to shore up the numbers is finally paying off. For all the yelling from either side of the debate it seems that Rumsfeld has pulled another rabbit and if this momentum is carried forwards in a rolling onslaught liberating Fallujah and other terrorist hotspots then Andrew Sullivan may just have to eat humble pie.
For the futures and lives of millions of Iraqis I hope it is so.
Later
John
Posted by John Swaine at October 4, 2004 11:16 PM | TrackBack