Mosul Fights Back

It figures--you post a Christmas tune, and it's followed by a horrific suicide bombing in a mess hall. My own observations of this are as follows:

• 99% of the good folks in Mosul are still happy that Saddam isn't in power. The other 1% had their privileged position stripped from them, and they hate us for it.
• Once in a great while, the rats get lucky, but their rate of survival is Zero. (The mathematical concept of Zero was invented by the Arabs)
• Mosul is fighting back, both Americans and Iraqis. What Al Jazeera doesn't want you to know is that we are winning, and Iraq will have elections as scheduled.
• America's own history is somewhat parallel to what we are experiencing here. Remember Valley Forge and the struggle for independence? What most Americans forget is that Washington lost several thousand revolutionary troops to the elements. His circumstances were much graver than what we are facing in Mosul, and he won.
• The enemy is in it for personal gain, through any means possible. The thought that everyone in Iraq will have a free voice and equal access to the blessings of liberty is repugnant to them.

It's tough, but things worth achieving usually are. Stand by your troops no matter what.

--GT