Nov 19 2008
I Smell Napalm…
And, in the morning, that smell, reminds me of …
Victory!
…
And in the words of the famous Mark Levin, That’s right! Victory!
We were about to be run out of Iraq by insurgents and our own Congress—retreat-in-defeat was the bumper sticker slogan the Libs were happy to paste on their better-than-the-rest cars. They almost got what our enemy wanted— retreat-in-defeat was very close to happening, but President Bush was not going to let that happen and he didn’t. The new people in charge would secretly be happy for it to happen (acceptable collateral damage for guaranteed party power and dominance for decades), it would have added credibility to their point and cause, kept them in power indefinitely (They wanted out whatever the circumstances.
Imagine: Senate Leader Reid said we lost, House leader Pelosi said hopeless, that Murtha said all kinds of crazy wrong things and so did our new President Obama… (and our enemy just called our new President something…) They are all wrong! A few months later we have victory!
Sacrifice, seems we have forgotten what sacrifice and struggle really means. This sacrifice by so many must be recognized and revered and thanked! Thank you, to all those who have given so much and continue to do so, for all of us who really can’t comprehend the sacrifices you have made…
I first heard the victory cry first at NiceDeb:
Celebrate Victory In Iraq On Nov. 22
November, 18, 2008 — nicedeb
Don’t hold your breath waiting for an official announcement. There will be none - not from the MSM, the enfeebled, outgoing Bush administration, Congress, and certainly not the incoming Obama administration.
But despite the Democrats’ best efforts, it can no longer be ignored:
Zombie declares:
Observations and statistics agree: The fighting has ceased, the war is over
And now, after declaring that we shouldn’t be holding our breath this:
Perino: Conditions in Iraq now amount to victory by Allahpundit
Or, to be more precise, “the victory that we’ve had so far.” Much depends on those last two words, needless to say. I appreciate the spirit of the blogburst Zombie’s organizing for Saturday, and lord knows he/she has plenty of credible milblogger opinion to support the argument, but five years of having to wear the “Mission Accomplished” albatross around our necks is enough to make me blanch forevermore at declarations of victory, especially when Petraeus himself has vowed never to use the word. How about, in lieu of Victory in Iraq Day, we celebrate Tremendous Progress in Iraq that Almost No One Thought Possible, Least of All Our Modern-Day Lincoln Day instead?
This is what NiceDeb is proposing: This is the official announcement.
Join the VIDay movement!
Do you agree with the concept behind VI Day? Then post a VI Day entry on your blog.
Once you’ve posted it, email me (Zombie)the link! And I will post a link back to your blog here on this page.
Make sure to make at least two different postings: Make one now to announce your support of VI Day and to spread the word ahead of time; and make another one on November 22 itself, to celebrate!
I’m on board!
Stop the ACLU writes: White House: Victory in Iraq no Thanks to Democrats (Video) Via Gateway Pundit:
The Anchoress: Bush was right. Victorious, too
Bush was also right - and courageous - about the surge in Iraq, where…ummm…we seem to have achieved a quiet and roundly ignored victory, as demonstrated here, and here, and here.
War’s Over Indicator No. 52 Posted by Jules Crittenden
$3 billion subway planned for Baghdad. Either the war’s over, or some bright Iraqi bureaucrat familiar with the Big Dig saw how $3 billion can turn into $14 billion worth of cost overruns and good jobs at good wages.
White House: AMERICA CAN CELEBRATE VICTORY IN IRAQ! by Gateway Pundit
Also today, Geoff Morrell, the Pentagon press secretary said the security situation and Iraqi security forces had improved so dramatically:
“That we are confident that, if things continue to trend as they have been, our services will not be needed in Iraq, come 2012.”
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Don’t forget– Saturday, November 22nd is
“VICTORY IN IRAQ DAY!”
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UPDATE: 11/22/2008
Today is Victory in Iraq Day.
Victory in Iraq Day: Participating Blogs
No matter which ’side’ of the aisle we’re on (Conservative Republicans or the more middle of the road sorts of Republicans, or Independents) let’s not forget our American troops, and their sacrifice. We should never forget the purposes of these wars, and the efforts made by our men and women in uniform to win.
Nor should we forget the..efforts..made by our enemies to drive us to defeat.
You know who you are.
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