Iraq's Window of Opportunity
A picture of what the long-elusive victory in Iraq might look like.
Al-Qaeda's sheer brutality, and America's shift to a counterinsurgency strategy, caused the sympathies of local leaders and legions of young men to shift. As one Son of Iraq told me, "A few of my friends joined al-Qaeda, and now they are dead or captured. I never did, and this gives me a chance to keep al-Qaeda from coming back." Young men like this -- over 91,000 of them throughout Iraq -- guard their own neighborhoods, and are not involved in offensive ... Full Story »
Posted by Kaizar Campwala
