A New Middle East After All

AEI's Reuel Marc Gerecht in this issue of The Weekly Standard, " A New Middle East, After All:What George W. Bush hath wrought." A substantive piece, pointing out real progress and that provincial elections are key. WSJ, "Looking Forward in Iraq":

On Sunday, Nancy Pelosi was asked on CNN whether she feared squandering the success of President Bush's "surge" in Iraq with a hasty withdrawal. "There haven't been gains, Wolf," the House Speaker told anchor Wolf Blitzer. "The gains have not produced the desired effect which is the reconciliation of Iraq. This is a failure. This is a failure."

Yesterday, the Iraqi Parliament passed a budget, approved an amnesty for thousands of detainees and enacted a crucial law on provincial powers. Sunni lawmaker Adnan al-Dulaimi called it "the greatest achievement possible for the Iraqi people."

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We'll assume Ms. Pelosi isn't actually disappointed by the latest good Iraq news.

More from Rick Moran, The American Thinker. And wonder of wonders, Michael Yon, in Iraq now, gets some play on NPR.

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