Failure of the insurgency

Iraq the Model reports on the formation of a political council for the Iraqi resistance and what it means.

What is important in my opinion regarding this development and aside from whether to negotiate with it or not, is the very announcement of forming this new political entity.  It consists of remnants of the former regime and it had led the violent campaign against the change and now its leaders announce the transformation into a political entity seeking negotiations with the government. This represents an admission of the failure of the insurgency.

Closing on an optimistic note Mohammed says,

The incremental building of a nation and the simultaneous prelude for the contraction of an insurgency were not easy to see through the smoke of battle, but now things have changed and the results will be clear.

Of course the challenges are still great, yet the defeat of al-Qaeda and the fall of the insurgency tell us clear and loud that determination can and will defeat the rest of the enemies.

Of course things look much different to many of us over here than they do to Mohammed over there.  Over there, the smoke of the battle is clearing, but over here it's not.

Comments

[Sissy WIllis]

Music to my ears. You will also enjoy -- if you haven't already -- Ralph Peters's "12 Myths of 21st Century War."

[Sissy WIllis]

Whoops . . . Here's the link to that Peters article:

http://www.mytroops.com/blog/ralph-peters-12-myths-21st-century-war-american-legion/