Iraq: Terror is on the wane

Fire of Liberty

Here's a great piece on the ever growing death of the terrorists movement in Iraq by Ralph Kinney Bennett over at Tech Central Station. Just read what's going on in Iraq:

But one must wonder at the cynicism of their leadership, who know that they now fight for nothing but blood hatred. They offer the people of Iraq nothing -- neither stability, nor "heritage," nor hope. They are increasingly isolated and informed upon, forced into more remote regions of the country.

And now there are more signs that one of al-Qaida's chief sources of cannon fodder -- young Iraqi Sunni men -- may be diminishing. Here's a headline from the May 9th edition of the Arabic newspaper Alsharq Alawsat:

"Iraqi Arab Sunnis head towards Army Enlisting Posts in spite of Explosions."

The article (picked up thanks to the ever-amazing chrenkoff.blogspot.com) notes that "we witnessed thousands of Iraqi Arab Sunnis coming from different provinces to military enlisting stations in Baghdad."

The paper interviewed some of them, including Ahmed Mahmud, 30, who says, "I came because I desire to join in protecting the peace and my country." Another, who had served in the old Iraqi army, says, "I heard a number of (Sunni) religious leaders call for us to join the new army."

It's amazing that the news-media continues to report that the situation in Iraq is going to hell. I guess they forgot that for some 11 to 12 years after the Revolutionary War under the Articles of Confederation until we finally got things straight under the Constitution. Luckily - counting me - there seems to be a considerable amount of optimists out there on Iraq.