CIA: al Qaeda losing


	CIA: al Qaeda losing

willhelm

5-30-2008 4:28 PM

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willhelm says:

******** " essentially defeated" ****************
The USA is winning the hearts and minds of the Middle East. al Qaeda losing recruits.

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5-30-2008 11:34 PM

n2sooners

Now if we could just win the hearts and minds of the liberals here in the US.

5-31-2008 12:46 AM

willhelm

It's the weekend, n2sooners. I'm sure by the time Monday rolls around this clip will have received 80 POPs. We know how badly they want the troops to come home from a successful mission.

5-31-2008 2:46 PM

n2sooners

Just learned that May 2007 was the deadliest month for US troops in Iraq, while May 2008 was the least deadliest. Yet they still want to call the surge a failure (or in Pelosi's case, credit Iran for it's success). I just wonder how much coverage May being the least deadly month since the start of the war will get with the MSM?

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