If you look at the graphs posted by Roggio below, it’s obvious that the every metric for gaging progress in Iraq is going in the right direction–attacks are down, American and Iraqi casualties are down, car bombs are down, and IEDs have become nonexistent in some parts of the country. General Odierno says that Iraq is at its quietest since 2004, but there’s one major difference:
“I feel we are back in ’03 and early ’04. Frankly I was here then, and the environment is about the same in terms of security in my opinion,” he said. “What is different from then is that the Iraqi security forces are significantly more mature.”
Meanwhile, al Qaeda has stooped to new lows in its propaganda. This from the Zawahiri tape:
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