Defeated Iraqi Security Forces Bring Improved Security to Iraq

Mark Noonan

Yet more proof that our entire effort in Iraq has been misguided from the start and that our best option is to get out as quickly as possible:

Last week, Iraq experienced the lowest level of “security incidents” since March 2004, a reduction that military officials attribute in part to improvements in Iraqi security forces.

“The collective efforts … to increase the capacity of the Iraqi security forces is a key part of the reason why we saw last week the lowest level of security incidents in Iraq the past four years,” Army Maj. Gen. Kevin Bergner, a Multinational Force Iraq spokesman, said May 28 during a news conference in Baghdad.

“It is also why we are seeing Iraqi citizens increasingly supporting their security forces by calling in tips on criminal activity and illegal weapons,” Bergner continued. “And it is why we are seeing the Iraqi security forces conducting effective operations in Basra, Mosul and Baghdad to enforce the rule of law.”

Army Lt. Gen. James M. Dubik, commander of Multinational Security Transition Command Iraq, said he and other officials tasked with building and training the national security forces in Iraq are seeing continued progress.

“The last 12 months have witnessed a marked decrease in violence, along with a corresponding increase in the capability, professionalism and effectiveness of the Iraqi security forces,” he told reporters during the news conference.

As we can see here, we are definitely stuck in the middle of an Iraqi civil war which cannot be ended by our efforts. The fact that the Iraqi security forces have demonstrated their inability to fight for the so-called democracy in Iraq is all the proof we need that our continued presence is the problem.

The sooner we elect the Hope and Change of Obama – who knew that Iraq was a failure even before we went in – the better we’ll be. We’ll be able to cut ourselves loose from these complete losers in the Iraqi security forces and make common cause with the peace-loving government of Iran, which is only interested in ending imperalist US influence in the middle east. The prospect of a McCain presidency is just too horrible to contemplate – leaving for Canada would be the only rational American response to such an event. McCain is certain to keep pumping more dollars and lives into this Iraq mess, which has no end in sight and which has clearly made Iran stronger.