Since so many people continue to speak and write as if there hasn't been any:
"[Iraqi Prime Minister Maliki has launched] an attack on militias in the southern city of Basra, an operation that was designed and led by Iraqi security forces and has resulted in clashes with Shiite groups. "His bold decision -- and it was a bold decision -- to go after the evildoers in Basra shows his leadership," Bush said of the Iraqi premier...[Bush further noted] that the Iraqi legislature in recent weeks has passed a national budget, a pension law, legislation setting provincial elections and a measure allowing mid-level members of Saddam Hussein's Baath party back into government. "By any reasonable measure," he said, "the legislative achievements in Iraq over the last four months have been remarkable."
These are all valid points. Bush's policies in Iraq are succeeding, not failing. Americans must continue to give them time. Success there will mean a huge defeat for terrorists worldwide.
