Those Who Really Deserve A Peace Prize

How about General Petraeus and the fighting men he commands? A few months ago, Democrats declared the war lost and the surge a failure. They must find this morning's copy of the Washington Post very discouraging.

There is widespread agreement that AQI has suffered major blows over the past three months. Among the indicators cited is a sharp drop in suicide bombings, the group's signature attack, from more than 60 in January to around 30 a month since July. Captures and interrogations of AQI leaders over the summer had what a senior military intelligence official called a "cascade effect," leading to other killings and captures.

The flow of foreign fighters entering through Syria is diminshed. Tribal leaders have thrown in their lot with us. And the remnants of Al Qaida are;

"are less and less coordinated, more and more fragmented," Lt. Gen. Raymond T. Odierno, the second-ranking U.S. commander in Iraq, said recently. Describing frayed support structures and supply lines, Odierno estimated that the group's capabilities have been "degraded" by 60 to 70 percent since the beginning of the year.

Al Gore received a Nobel Peace Prize for factually inaccurate propoganda. Jimmy Carter has dedicated his life to enabling tryants and dictators, and yet he has a Nobel Peace Prize. Yasir Arafat had a Nobel Prize on his wall. No commentary required.

Ronald Reagan did more for peace than anyone in my lifetime. Before him, it was Winston Churchill. Both made the world a safer and freer place, but neither was ever recongnized for their contributions. George Bush and General Petreaus will also have to wait decades for the judgement of history.

Meanwhile, the Nobel Committee chooses to recognise contributions to peace that should be more properly called the "Neville Chamberlain Peace Prize."