Change in Ramadi after al Qaeda lost

Michael Totten interviews Lt. Col. Mike Silverman about what has happened since his 3rd ID unit has been in the city.

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“Describe the progress you’ve seen so far,” I said.

“Sure,” he said, “let’s look at the Abu Bali area for example. 6,000 or so people live there. When I first arrived there were 10 attacks every day just in that small area alone. Since May 1, 2007, we’ve had only one attack total in that area. The people went from having two to three hours of electricity a day to having twelve hours a day. Insurgents kept blowing up the power lines, but now that they’ve been cleared out the government has put them back up. Commerce has really taken off.”

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There is much more from a man who has the respect of his troops. Totten pieces are alway informative and this is no exception. We are clearly winning the war in Anbar and it would be a shame to let the Democrats blow it away by ordering a retreat from victory.