Coalition forces to hand over security to Iraqi army

While the 'secret prison' story and the death of Steve Irwin seems to taking up much of the newsprint, an under reported story gets shuffled to the back.

Iraq, US to sign military handover pact on September 7

Nice photo of General Casey by the way. I could think of better photos to lend a mental image to the story.

Like this one.

I cannot think of a more important story than the fact that the Iraqis will soon be in charge of their own security. Let me be the first to say that there will be setbacks and black days ahead for the Iraqis and for the coalition forces. However, this is good news to be sure.

Maybe the MSM needs a little time to write up their 'US hands over a broken Iraq' headline. I saved you the trouble. How about this one; 'Ready or not, US forces pull out.' When the White House holds the press conference tomorrow, I am sure the spin will be "American people are tired of the war and the Republicans want to dump Iraq back into the laps of the Iraqis no matter how bad the civil war is."

Maybe I will be surprised. Maybe Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi will grudgingly applaud the administration for raising and training a standing army from nothing in a little over three years. Maybe Jack Murtha and Howard Dean will say they were wrong, the Pentagon had a plan. The plan has been 'as the Iraqis stand up, we stand down', and it seems to be working.

Maybe.

Not a chance.