Rob over at Say Anything [1], yesterday, points to facts the left doesn’t want you to know:
Weird… [2]
U.S. combat troop deaths and other violence in Iraq are down significantly in some of the most dangerous places of insurgent activity, including Al Anbar province, military officials in Washington and Baghdad said Wednesday.
Maybe most significant was that last week there was not a single military casualty — Iraqi or U.S. — in Anbar, said Maj. Gen. Richard Sherlock, a Joint Chiefs spokesman. It is apparently the first time since March 2003 that could be said. . . .
The numbers might be the most positive sign yet of progress against insurgent activity since January.
Sherlock also listed several other statistics that he said showed terrorist activity is decreasing:
— Violence in and around Baghdad is down 59 percent.
— Car bombs are down 65 percent.
— Casualties from car bombs and roadside bombs are down by 80 percent.
— Casualties from enemy attacks down 77 percent.
— Operations against Iraqi security forces are down 62 percent.
— Assassination attempts for sectarian reasons are down 72 percent.
…it’s almost like we’re winning or something.
Couldn’t be. I mean the Democrats told us we were losing, and all.
I mean…. They’d never lie, right?