U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Andrew Martz, a KC-10 Extender aircraft flight engineer with the 908th Expeditionary Aerial Refueling Squadron, conducts a preflight check inside an aircraft prior to a flight over Afghanistan at an air base in Southwest Asia on Nov. 7, 2008. DoD photo by Staff Sgt. Aaron Allmon, U.S. Air Force. (Released)From Michael Yon:
The Iraq war is over. Barring the unforeseen, the darkest days are behind, though we are still losing soldiers to low-level fighting with enemies that are true “dead-enders.” Last month we lost seven Americans in combat in Iraq. Peace, however, is not upon us. Another thirty or so Iraqis died today in suicide attacks. Nobody suffers more at the hands of Islamic terrorists than other Muslims.
A new President will soon begin to make critical decisions about Iraq and Afghanistan, the economic crisis at home, and countless other matters. While the Iraq war began, then boiled and finally cooled before President-elect Obama will be sworn into office on January 20th, 2009, the Afghanistan-Pakistan spectacle is just getting started.
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