Momentum in Iraq Favors Democracy, Casey Says

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http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Jun2005/20050627_1860.html

Momentum in Iraq Favors Democracy, Casey Says
By Jim Garamone
American Forces Press Service


WASHINGTON, June 27, 2005 – The momentum in Iraq has swung toward democracy and against terror, the top American commander in Iraq said today.
The insurgents are "not nearly as capable" as they want people to think, Army Gen. George W. Casey Jr., the commander of Multinational Force Iraq, said on ABC's "Good Morning America" program today. In fact, he said, insurgents represent "one tenth of one percent of the Iraqi population." Casey said the insurgents have no positive vision for Iraq, and the vast majority of Iraqis reject their attempts to derail democracy.

Even without a vision, the insurgents are media savvy, Casey said. They launch spectacular attacks to capture news headlines and spots on television news. "What the people in the United States are seeing are these car bomb attacks and these suicide attacks, and they are being fed a steady diet of that," he said. "I have no doubt that this affects their perception."


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[BurgherHoldtheLies]

1. Whew! I thought this was a Bob Casey quote (Santorum challenger)

here in Pennsylvania.

Anyway, the 'democracy is on the march' talk is cheap and it doesn't take a majority to start a civil war.

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2. Yay!! Turning The Corner In Iraq....

...yet again!

Yeah it's amazing how those daily bombins & suicide attacks can make the whole thing look like a mess.

:cry:

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