When All Else Fails; Give them the DEATHBLOW!!!

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Make what you will of the symbolism and imagery of this photo, but I am guessing that in a larger sense, this is what the WaPo is reporting has happened to AQI.

"Death Blow: When someone wants to blow you up, not because of who you are, but for different reasons altogether!"

I have just a touch of giddiness about hearing that the leaders are prepared to make this kind of assessment.  I am glad to read that a newspaper such as the Washington Post is able to grasp that what we are doing is having an effect.  They managed to put aside some of their bias and actually report something good that is going on.

Read it here.

Some of my favorite gems are:

Captures and interrogations of AQI leaders over the summer had what a senior military intelligence official called a "cascade effect," leading to other killings and captures. The flow of foreign fighters through Syria into Iraq has also diminished, although officials are unsure of the reason and are concerned that the broader al-Qaeda network may be diverting new recruits to Afghanistan and elsewhere

And this one:

The deployment of more U.S. and Iraqi forces into AQI strongholds in Anbar province and the Baghdad area, as well as the recruitment of Sunni tribal fighters to combat AQI operatives in those locations, has helped to deprive the militants of a secure base of operations, U.S. military officials said. "They are less and less coordinated, more and more fragmented," Lt Gen Raymond T. Odierno, the second-ranking U.S. commander in Iraq, said recently.

"Less and less coordinated"  sounds like general-speak for "can't get their sh*t together to do anything that can affect us" and "More and more fragmented" sounds like "cut off from support and logistics and fleeing the field of battle"

Obviously, the feeling that maybe some of the guys are heading to Afghanistan or elsewhere (hopefully, "elsewhere" means my front yard or anywhere within about 300 meters of it along my street) is both good and bad news.  Good in that they are fleeing the field of battle or have decided that living a life without 72 virgins is better than one with.  Bad in that they have moved to another battlefield and are not pushing up Afghan daisies at this moment..

Oh, and one last thing...

Lt. Gen. Stanley McChrystal, head of the Joint Special Operations Command's operations in Iraq, is the chief promoter of a victory declaration and believes that AQI has been all but eliminated

We should keep our fingers crossed, say our prayers for al these brave men and women, and continue to push our gains and attack their weaknesses.

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When All Else Fails; Give them the DEATHBLOW!!!

Make what you will of the symbolism and imagery of this photo, but I am guessing that in a larger sense, this is what the WaPo is reporting has happened to AQI.

"Death Blow: When someone wants to blow you up, not because of who you are, but for different reasons altogether!"

I have just a touch of giddiness about hearing that the leaders are prepared to make this kind of assessment.  I am glad to read that a newspaper such as the Washington Post is able to grasp that what we are doing is having an effect.  They managed to put aside some of their bias and actually report something good that is going on.

Read it here.

Some of my favorite gems are:

Captures and interrogations of AQI leaders over the summer had what a senior military intelligence official called a "cascade effect," leading to other killings and captures. The flow of foreign fighters through Syria into Iraq has also diminished, although officials are unsure of the reason and are concerned that the broader al-Qaeda network may be diverting new recruits to Afghanistan and elsewhere

And this one:

The deployment of more U.S. and Iraqi forces into AQI strongholds in Anbar province and the Baghdad area, as well as the recruitment of Sunni tribal fighters to combat AQI operatives in those locations, has helped to deprive the militants of a secure base of operations, U.S. military officials said. "They are less and less coordinated, more and more fragmented," Lt Gen Raymond T. Odierno, the second-ranking U.S. commander in Iraq, said recently.

"Less and less coordinated"  sounds like general-speak for "can't get their sh*t together to do anything that can affect us" and "More and more fragmented" sounds like "cut off from support and logistics and fleeing the field of battle"

Obviously, the feeling that maybe some of the guys are heading to Afghanistan or elsewhere (hopefully, "elsewhere" means my front yard or anywhere within about 300 meters of it along my street) is both good and bad news.  Good in that they are fleeing the field of battle or have decided that living a life without 72 virgins is better than one with.  Bad in that they have moved to another battlefield and are not pushing up Afghan daisies at this moment..

Oh, and one last thing...

Lt. Gen. Stanley McChrystal, head of the Joint Special Operations Command's operations in Iraq, is the chief promoter of a victory declaration and believes that AQI has been all but eliminated

We should keep our fingers crossed, say our prayers for al these brave men and women, and continue to push our gains and attack their weaknesses.

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