The story begins: With one day left in the month, American casualties in July are the lowest since the troop surge began in February, reports CBS News national security correspondent David Martin, and civilian casualties are down by a third. (CBS News)
Meanwhile, Hugh Hewitt interviews New York Times Pulitzer Prize winning writer John Burns, who explained “there’s no doubt that those extra 30,000 American troops are making a difference. They’re definitely making a difference in Baghdad. Some of the crucial indicators of the war, metrics as the American command calls them, have moved in a positive direction from the American, and dare I say the Iraqi point of view, fewer car bombs, fewer bombs in general, lower levels of civilian casualties, quite remarkably lower levels of civilian casualties.” (Townhall)
Could things really be improving? That's not good news for nay sayers.
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