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The Surge Is Still Working

Cautious optimists have become increasingly (if ever cautiously) aware that the President's troop surge has been throwing off early indications of success.  Some quick Technorati vanity searching reminds me that it was fully 17 and 24 days ago days ago that these early hints of efficacy were bubbling forth enough to cause me to take notice.

As of today, though, it seems that acknowledgment of these signs of progress has taken a broad leap into the mainstream of duly sanctioned, editorial and journalistic wisdom.  For so entrenched an old-line media outlet as ABC News to produce so objective and candid an assessment of the surge's positive impact as this video report strikes me as the MSM equivalent of Baghdad Bob acknowledging the fall of Baghdad.

Among the scenes:  Iraqi families riding rides at an amusement park in central Baghdad, babies reaching out to passing balloonmongers, a girl in a floral dress kicking a ball down the street...  It's looks like the Baghdad that Michael Moore tells us existed before we imperialists rode into town to butcher everyone.

Kudos to ABC News and Terry McCarthy.

(HT: Wizbang)

Previously:
Pesky Numbers Say the Surge Is Working
The Surge Is Working

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The Surge Is Still Working

Cautious optimists have become increasingly (if ever cautiously) aware that the President's troop surge has been throwing off early indications of success.  Some quick Technorati vanity searching reminds me that it was fully 17 and 24 days ago days ago that these early hints of efficacy were bubbling forth enough to cause me to take notice.

As of today, though, it seems that acknowledgment of these signs of progress has taken a broad leap into the mainstream of duly sanctioned, editorial and journalistic wisdom.  For so entrenched an old-line media outlet as ABC News to produce so objective and candid an assessment of the surge's positive impact as this video report strikes me as the MSM equivalent of Baghdad Bob acknowledging the fall of Baghdad.

Among the scenes:  Iraqi families riding rides at an amusement park in central Baghdad, babies reaching out to passing balloonmongers, a girl in a floral dress kicking a ball down the street...  It's looks like the Baghdad that Michael Moore tells us existed before we imperialists rode into town to butcher everyone.

Kudos to ABC News and Terry McCarthy.

(HT: Wizbang)

Previously:
Pesky Numbers Say the Surge Is Working
The Surge Is Working