Good News On the Iraq Front

I know that we are far from getting out of the woods with Iraq but this most recent news on the Iraqi government putting pressure and allowing the US to conduct more aggressive actions against Sadr and his Mahdi Army gives me a little more confidence in Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and the Iraqis stepping up to the plate. Hopefully, these most recent events are just the tip of a much larger iceberg thus ensuring the chances of beating back the insurgency.