McCain Gets It

"My relatives in Baghdad say the security situation is dramatically better, but they still worry about the future. They know if the U.S. withdraws too soon, chaos will return.

Gen. David Petraeus, has said that he will never declare victory in Iraq, because Iraq is a lot more complicated than a simple battle. In a BBC interview, Gen. Petraeus said that recent security gains were "not irreversible" and that the U.S. still faced a "long struggle."

The long struggle ahead in Iraq tells us that we must be really careful in choosing the next president of the United States. Since the gains in Iraq are fragile, would it be good to elect Barack Obama who just wants to get out and leave Iraqi civilians to the mercy of the murderers? He clearly neither cares nor understands the ramifications.

Iraq has come a long way. Moktada Al Sadr's thugs have been defanged -- at least for now. And al-Qaeda has been weakened, but not yet defeated. Just today a suicide bomber killed three and injured 15 at a mosque near Mosul. There are still some encouraging signs."
Iraqi Pundit