Rays of Lights

Thanks dedicated and honest men like Michael Yon and Michael Totten that are on the ground in Iraq we are starting see some very good signs that the strategy of General Petraeus is working. Totten reports that the unit he is embedded with in Baghdad has not sustained a casualty since January. They are currently spending more time building soccer fields and installing solar street lights than fighting insurgents.

Michael Yon is a bit more guarded in his optimism, but very vocal in his condemnation of the mainstream press ignoring the advances which have been made. Of course the crickets are chirping on the mainstream news outlets, but they were able to scrounge up a bombing that killed 17.