Hypocrisy has a Human Price on the Streets of Baghdad

American Thinker by Rocco DiPippo | Apr. 17, 2007 (News Report)

I have observed first-hand the effects of the Bush Administration's new Iraq security plan since it began two months ago. Street violence in Baghdad and surrounding areas has declined. Shops and markets once boarded up are reopening. Iraqi civilians are venturing out onto the streets again and living their lives with less fear of being persecuted, tortured, maimed or killed. To be sure, there is still plenty of terror and violence in Iraq, but since the ... Full Story »

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by Jami Dwyer - Oct. 1, 2008

Author fails to note that the violence he details occurred *with American troops in Iraq*, and interprets one trip on which he felt safe as a sign that increased American troops have made Iraq totally safe. In fact, the violence continues, and penetrated the hyper-secure Green Zone within the last couple of weeks. Author lobs some horrible charges at the American left, which opposed this war and still wants peace in Iraq, but doesn't think George Bush is capable of managing that, given his record.