Gateway Pundit: Courageous Iraqis Stand Up to Terrorists

Gateway Pundit posts this bit of great news:

The following is my translation of a headline and article in the September 15 edition of the Iraqi Arab newspaper “Nahrain” 'Loyal Iraqi civilians arrest Terrorist in Al-Kademiah.' 'A number of Iraqi loyal civilians arrested 4 terrorists who were trying to launch rockets to kill innocent people in the Al-Kademiah in the early afternoon (of wed Sept. 14). After Al-Kademiah residents saw the terrorists preparing the rockets to be fired randomly at civilians they, over powered them, arrested them and confined them to a local house. The civilian’s then called the Iraqi security forces who now have them in custody for questioning. This brave and heroic stance of the citizens of Al-Kademiah and their resolve to cooperate with Iraqi security forces in defeating terror and building a free, democratic Iraq free of criminals who want nothing but to kill Iraqis and return them to the dark days which buried the glow of freedom and democracy. Join us to defeat terror by contacting one of these hot lines: Baghdad 813-2426, 813-2429, or 07901737723, 07901737724, 07901737725, 07901737726,

There is more good news in his post as well. It amazes me people can not just doubt, but be absolutely sure that we cannot win the war in Iraq. My analysis is that we have made steady progress since the beginning. That doesn't imply that their have been no mistakes or problems, but while it may often be two steps forward and one step back, the total progress in the effort has been very signifigant. While success is not guaranteed, it continues to seem likely, barring premature disengagement. Of course we have had much less success in the propaganda battle here in America. Despite the real, measurable progress in Iraq support for the war is continuingto fade. Since success in war most often goes to whoever refuses to give up the longest, this is troubling. One gamble that those of us who were pro-war made, and I think were fully aware we were making, was on the staying power of the American people. It is obvious that if we didn't have the will to see the job through we shouldn't have started it. So to support the war, we had to make a bet that the American people would see it through. One big test of this gamble was the 2004 Presidential Election, and it showed that our bets on this matter might well pay off. Public opinion in recent polls is less encouraging, but not disasterous yet. Sadly, a good portion of the discontent about the war is based upon the conclusion that it is not a winnable war. The Bush administration seems to be pretty negligent in successfully promoting the successes in the war, and how we can, and hopefully will achieve victory. Of course their has been some pretty signifigant opposition to promoting this viewpoint. (via The Anchoress)