Did You Happen to Notice?

. . . the decline in our casualties in Iraq recently? The media either haven’t caught on or have decided not to. Numbers here.

I fervently support the Iraq war, lost friends there, and still believe it was worth the terrible cost. So would they. Their deaths ought to mean something. The signing of the new constitution is a sign that they just might. For an even more hopeful buzz, check this out. Believe it or not, not every Iraqi is a terrorist, anti-Semite, congenital whiner, religious fanatic, or just plain unbalanced. There are good people there, too.

Now, you may say that as our casualties go down, civilian casualties are going up. That’s also terrible, but as terrible as it is, it’s a sure sign that the guerrillas know that their movement is dying, and that they’re desperate to kill somebody to prove that they still matter. Note that I did not say “dead.” What’s even more hopeful is that the terrible bombings of last week completely failed to produce the sectarian war that bin Laden, Zarkawi, and that old guy with the red hair were hoping for (yes, people do hope for things like that!). But if the people are the sea in which the guerrillas swim, then they have pretty well doomed themselves. In fact, they’re even collapsing in Tikrit.

You can’t terrorize people into dying for you once they feel they have another choice. Are you listening, Kim Jong Il?