The Surge is Working!

The AP's Kim Gamel writes that Marine Brig. General John Allen predicts that al Qaeda will be expelled from Fallujah by August. Quote: "We're going to finish off those neighborhoods by August." For some reason, that doesn't sound like a good thing for the people of Fallujah. I don't want to hear anyone talking about finishing off my neighborhood.

If true, this suggests that in the middle of August, when they have gotten rid of al Qaeda, the Sunni insurgents that we are arming will turn on the other foreign fighters in Iraq, the U.S. Army and Marines.

Gen. Allen also says they will clear Karmah by the end of July. Make sure to check on these predictions.

I wonder if the General remembers George Bush saying 'Bring 'em on'.

No amount of spin will change the fact that the Green Zone is subject to mortar or rocket attacks all the time.