QUEEN'S COMMENTS
I wish I had better news to report, but I don't.  It's just more of the same. I can only hope that Americans are smart enough in November to not vote for the Republican King and Queen of claptrap--Have you forgotten that it was Republican claptrap about WMD's that got us there in the first place?  How many different versions of their spin do you have to purchase before you finally say:  NO MORE OF THE SAME?

I just read a sobering commentary in New America Media written by Arron Glantz who lived in and reported from Iraq from 2003 to 2005. Since his return he was been reporting stories of American veterans. Glantz points out that with more than 5 million Iraqi refugees still to scared to come home and that the "victory" may be short-lived."

In his speech acceptance speech, John McCain commended General David Petraeus as “brilliant.” Petraeus.  McCain said, that Patraeus has “succeeded and rescued us from a defeat that would have demoralized our military, risked a wider war and threatened the security of all Americans.”

But the truth is that some of the strategies employed by General Petreaus are beginning to unravel. The Sunni “Awakening” militias he founded, armed and funded have begun fighting with the Shi’a-dominated Iraqi Army, which is also bankrolled by the United States.

“The Shiite-led government has recently stepped up a campaign to arrest leaders of the Awakening and dismantle parts of the program, whose members receive $300 a month from the U.S. military,” the Washington Post reported Tuesday.  Many fighters have abandoned their posts and fled their homes to avoid detention, stoking fears that some will rejoin the insurgency.  On Wednesday, Iraqi troops raided the offices of the influential Sunni clerical group, the Association of Muslim Scholars. In a statement, the Association "denounced this provocative and unjustifiable attack" and blamed the Iraqi government for any negative consequences that may result.

Soon, the United States military will have to take sides in this fight, and when it does, American soldiers will have to battle groups armed with American weaponry. The longer the United States stays in Iraq, the worse off the country will be when we finally leave. "Today,"  Glantz says, “victory in Iraq is as far away as it’s ever been."

FOR THE COMPLETE ARTICLE:

http://news.newamericamedia.org/news/view_article.html?article_id=241816cf9df1d7a5c022602178c79a6d