didn't the rightwingers tell us that Zarqawi and his influence was falling apart a few weeks ago:
It's time for a blunt assessment of our position in Iraq. Recruitment is down. We're disorganized from top to bottom. We can inflict harm on the enemy, but we're unable to gain and maintain territory and no sooner do we make progress than the enemy offsets his losses with new replacements. Beyond all this, we're failing to win hearts and minds in Iraq. We're losing the public-relations war in the media and even the mosques. Bottom line: Every year is worse than the prior year.
OK, who wrote this? An anonymous source atop the U.S. Central Command? An anti-war blogger? One of the ex-generals, editorialists or politicos crying for Donald Rumsfeld's scalp?
You're forgiven if you picked any or all of the above. The author will surprise you if you're a citizen of "All is lost" or "Iraq's another Vietnam" America. The author is an unknown al-Qaida terrorist whose papers were seized in Iraq last month.
Al-Qaida's man in Iraq is as grumpy as a Bush-hater with a "Mission (Nothing) Accomplished" bumper sticker. "Most of the mujahidin power lies in surprise attacks (hit and run) or setting up explosive charges and booby traps. This is a different matter than a battle with organized forces that possess machinery and suitable communications networks," he writes. "Thus, what is fixed in the minds of the Shiite and Sunni population is that the Shiites are stronger in Baghdad and closer to controlling it while the mujahidin . . . are not considered more than a daily annoyance to the Shiite government." http://www.oregonlive.com/printer/printer.ssf?/base/editorial/1147308929234020.xml&coll=7did the spinners stop to consider this or is it down the memory hole?
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