SUNNI LEADER OF ANBAR AWAKENING REBUKES THE DEMOCRATS: "QUICK U.S. WITHDRAWAL WOULD BE A DISASTER"

DAILY STAR/AFP:

RAMADI, Iraq: An early pullout of US troops would spark a return of sectarian violence and be "disastrous" for Iraq, a tribal leader fighting Al-Qaeda in a province once fiercely anti-American told AFP late Sunday. Sheikh Ahmed Abu Reesha, leader of the "Anbar Awakening" that has ended much of Al-Qaeda's hold over western Iraq, warned that the security situation was still fragile.

"Any quick withdrawal would be disastrous because the Iraqi Army is incapable of taking over," he said. "Any withdrawal must happen only when the Iraqi Army is 100 percent ready to protect the country."

"The government and the country cannot afford to be without help from the Americans," he added.

Sheikh Ahmed took over as head of the Anbar Awakening in September after the asassination of his brother, Sheikh Abdul Sattar Abu Reesha, the pioneer of the groups that switched allegiance from Al-Qaeda to the US.

The movement has been a prime factor behind a sharp drop in violence across Anbar, and especially in its capital Ramadi, which was reduced to ruins as US forces battled with Iraqi nationalists and tribes allied with Al-Qaeda. Over the past year, attacks in Ramadi have dropped from 25-30 a day to fewer than one a week, and the numbers of roadside bombs have declined by 90 percent, according to latest US military figures.

THIS QUOTE PROVES TWO THINGS:

• FIRST, THAT CONTRARY TO WHAT OBAMA AND HILLARY HAVE CLAIMED, THE FEMOCRATS I MEAN DHIMMICRATS I MEAN DEMOCRATS CONTINUOUS CALL FOR IMMEDIATE WITHDRAWAL WAS NOT A MOTIVATING FACTOR AND HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THE SUCCESS OF THE SURGE; US TROOPS AND SUNNIS TRIBES WERE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE.

• SECOND, THE POLICY WHICH ALL DEMOCRAT CANDIDATES FOR THE PRESIDENCY HAVE CALLED FOPR WOULD BE A DISASTER.

HILLARY, OBAMA AND EDWARDS ARE NOT ONLY UNFIT TO COMMAND; THEY ARE UNFIT TO CAMPAIGN FOR THE OFFICE.