OUR FRIEND GORDON BROWN

Tigerhawk has a good piece on our British allies. The New Prime Minister Gordon Brown makes it clear that he supports the strategy of our government regarding the war on terror and the war in Iraq.

US AND BRITAIN STILL ON SAME PAGE

The new Prime Minister of Great Britain, Gordon Brown, said yesterday that he and the United States share the same views on duties in Iraq.

IRAQI FORCES STEPPING UP

Operation Iraqi Freedom, the official website of Multi-National Force - Iraq has a really interesting article entitled "Iraqi forces take pride in themselves, their units."

TASK FORCE AWESOM-O

Victory Caucus has another great article, this time about the job being done by "Task Force Awesom-O". These Marines, like all of our soldiers, are doing a terrific job under difficult circumstances.

GENERAL PETRAEUS AWARDS MEDALS

General David Petraeus awarded medals to the four pilots involved in the rescue mission on July 2 of two other pilots.

COALITION FORCES KILL FIVE TERRORISTS

Victory Caucus has a good article about Coalition forces killing five terrorists and detaining 38 suspected terrorists in Iraq's Salah Ad Din and Anbar provinces.

SENATOR FRIST BLOGS ABOUT GENERAL PETRAEUS

Former Senator Bill Frist wrote a terrific blog on his Volpac web site entitled "General Dave Petraeus . . . A Small World". Take a few minutes to read it. It is well worth your time.

CAN THIS BE FROM THE NEW YORK TIMES?

The New York Times carries an op-ed in today's edition by Michael E. O'Hanlon and Kenneth M. Pollack. The point of the article is that there are good things happening in Iraq. Although the writers point out that the Bush administration has lost all credibility on the issue of Iraq, they also point out that the administration's critics seem to be unaware of the changes taking place in Iraq. Sounds like Washington DC still operates inside a bubble.

THE TALIBAN - STILL THREATENING

Ten Minute Misconduct has an important post about the Taliban.

THE FURTHER WEST

The Further West has a post on Michael Yon's view of the tactical operations of our forces in Iraq. Be sure to take a look at The Further West.

FISHER HOUSE

The Victory Caucus has a good story about the Fisher House. Support our troops. This is a terrific way to do it.

WHAT THE MSM DOESN'T WANT TO TELL YOU

Insurgent attacks in Iraq's Ninewah province have dropped significantly. Funny we haven't heard that reported by the Main Stream Media. Check out the full story at Blogs For Bush. Mark Noonan has a story there entitled "More Miserable Failure in Iraq."