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Michael Yon took advantage of an opportunity to inteview the leader of one of our former enemies in Iraq. It's quite illuminating and should inform quivering Republicans resolve.

It's all worth reading, but this is the part that I wish Republicowards would read.

In closing, I asked Abu Ali if there was something he would like to say to Americans. The markets that had been closed under al Qaeda were bustling around us.

Ali thought for a moment as some local people tried to interrupt him with greetings, and he said, “I ask one thing,” and now I paraphrase Ali’s words: “After the Iraqi Army and Police take hold and the security forces are ready, we want a schedule for the leaving of the American forces.”

In other words, even the insurgents understand the need to stabilize Iraq before the US leaves.