Please excuse my skepticism.

According to this we can see the light at the end of the tunnel. Well, okay, it really didn't say that but since it is my blog I feel enabled to editorialize a bit. There a are serious doubts, however, as to the validity of the claim that the Iraqi government is "winning" the war on terror there. First concern is the inherent lack of credibility the Iraqi government has (to say nothing of the US government). Even more so is the way in which the election will be viewed by the majority of the Iraqi people. Is an election in which 25% of the people participate and which has extreme biases in the participation of different groups within the country going to be seen as anything but a facade? Despite The Leaders comments of a week or two ago, the participation of the country matters more than the results.