Something Else to be Thankful For

Despite the media emphasis on American casualties (and with Moonbat Momma Sheehan camped out in Crawford again, that will increase), we're winning the war against the terrorists:

The U.S. military's recent offensive in Western Iraq has had a devastating impact on the al Qaida-backed insurgency, with coalition forces killing over 700 terrorists and capturing 1,500 in the last two months alone.

"It's been very successful," Major General Rick Lynch told a briefing in Baghdad on Wednesday, referring to a series of security offensives conducted by U.S. and Iraq forces in Anbar province since September 28.

Though media reports suggest recent U.S. casualties are due to deteriorating security conditions in Iraq as a whole, most were incurred during the new offensive - dubbed "Operation Steel Curtain."

In quotes picked up by Reuters, Gen. Lynch noted that despite the heavy combat, U.S. troop casualties had fallen more than 30 percent in November compared with last month. During the November 2004 assault on Fallujah, the monthly casualty rate was nearly twice what it is now.

We're losing fewer of our guys, and we're killing more of theirs. That's a good combination.