{"id":410,"date":"2006-04-07T19:19:35","date_gmt":"2006-04-08T03:19:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/capnbob.us\/blog\/?p=410"},"modified":"2006-04-08T10:20:25","modified_gmt":"2006-04-08T18:20:25","slug":"three-years-in-iraq","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/capnbob.us\/blog\/2006\/04\/07\/three-years-in-iraq\/","title":{"rendered":"Three Years In Iraq"},"content":{"rendered":"

Critics of Operation Iraqi Freedom often allege that little or no progress has been made since the invasion. The Secretary of Defense, the Honorable Donald Rumsfeld<\/strong>, has written an excellent article about our progress and addresses critics’ allegations.<\/p>\n

From CENTCOM<\/a>:<\/p>\n

\nWhat We’ve Gained In Three Years In Iraq<\/a><\/p>\n

By Donald H. Rumsfeld<\/p>\n

Some have described the situation in Iraq as a tightening noose, noting that “time is not on our side” and that “morale is down.” Others have described a “very dangerous” turn of events and are “extremely concerned.”<\/p>\n

Photo by Capt. Joe Vanty, 138th MPAD, US Army Reserve – Young children watch as U.S. Soldiers from Alaska’s 172nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team pass by.<\/em><\/p>\n

Who are they that have expressed these concerns? In fact, these are the exact words of terrorists discussing Iraq — Abu Musab al-Zarqawi and his associates — who are describing their own situation and must be watching with fear the progress that Iraq has made over the past three years.<\/p>\n

The terrorists seem to recognize that they are losing in Iraq. I believe that history will show that to be the case.<\/p>\n

Fortunately, history is not made up of daily headlines, blogs on Web sites or the latest sensational attack. History is a bigger picture, and it takes some time and perspective to measure accurately.<\/p>\n

Consider that in three years Iraq has gone from enduring a brutal dictatorship to electing a provisional government to ratifying a new constitution written by Iraqis to electing a permanent government last December. In each of these elections, the number of voters participating has increased significantly — from 8.5 million in the January 2005 election to nearly 12 million in the December election — in defiance of terrorists’ threats and attacks.<\/p>\n

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