Iraqi army soldiers aboard a U.S. Air Force C-17 aircraft that will take them to the southern city of Basra to join an offensive against Shi'ite militias. Jeffrey Allen / AFP / Getty (Photo taken from Time Magazine, May 2008)From The Christian Science Monitor:
Violence has plummeted and US forces are pulling back, but the year ahead will test the staying power of gains throughout the country.
Last year saw vast improvements in Iraq. Violence dropped dramatically and Iraqis took greater political and military control. But war is still being fought, suicide bombings remain a near daily menace, and the gains are fragile. The year ahead will test the staying power of progress as US military forces begin to withdraw, Iraqi politicians jostle for power in Baghdad and beyond, and a new administration in Washington assumes responsibility for the war as it enters its seventh year.
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My Comment: Iraq is and will improve. The question now is how long will it take for the last of the holdouts to stop fighting.
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