7,000 al Qaeda members killed or captured in past two years. All we ever seem to get from the mainstream media is negativity. Therefore, when I come across a positive story about the war on terror, I feel compelled to pass it on. According to a coalition spokesman, U.S. and Iraqi forces have killed or captured at least 7,000 Al-Qaeda fighters in the past two years, with 30 "senior leaders" taken out of action since July. Here is the article:

http://www.breitbart.com/news/2006/11/28/061128160959.redzwzyd.html

And liberals say we are losing!

U.S. troops say an Iraq pullout will be devastating. It's surprising to see this story presented by MSNBC, but here it is:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15582948/

Here are some essential paragraphs:

With a potentially historic U.S. midterm election on Tuesday and the war in Iraq a major issue at the polls, many soldiers said the United States should not abandon its effort here. Such a move, enlisted soldiers and officers said, would set Iraq on a path to civil war, give new life to the insurgency and create the possibility of a failed state after nearly four years of fighting to implant democracy.

More:

Leading Democrats have argued for a timeline to bring U.S. troops home, because obvious progress has been elusive, especially in Baghdad, and even some Republican lawmakers have recently called for a change in strategy. But soldiers criticized the idea of a precipitate withdrawal, largely because they believe their hard work would go for naught.

And:

"This is a worthwhile endeavor," said Maj. Gen. Benjamin Mixon, commander of Multinational Division North and the 25th Infantry Division. "Nothing that is worthwhile is usually easy, and we need to give this more time for it to all come together. We all want to come home, but we have a significant investment here, and we need to give the Iraqi army and the Iraqi people a chance to succeed."

It's good to see a mainstream media outlet get the story right for a change. Keep this article in mind next time you hear politicians, reporters, or Cindy Sheehan-like leftists talk about pulling out of Iraq.

Ten reasons to vote Republican this Tuesday. The media has already declared the Democrats as the winners of the 2006 midterm elections. If you believe the mainstream press, Republicans have no hope of keeping control of the Senate or the House of Representatives. They claim that frustration over the war in Iraq will cause conservatives to stay home on election day and cause liberals to swamp the polls. History shows that the out-of-power party usually makes significant gains in Congress during a President's second term. But that didn't happen last time, when Republicans lost a few seats during Clinton's sixth year in office.

Will conservative voters sit this election out? Maybe, maybe not. It seems that conservatives don't really get out to vote unless they feel threatened. Well, I'd say they should feel threatened by the idea of a Democrat-controlled Congress.

Here are ten reasons why I believe conservatives ought to cast their votes to keep Congress under Republican control.

1. Democrats have nothing new to offer. Democrats, as usual, have not given voters a positive reason to vote for them. This election season has been about bashing Bush, and the Democrats have not suggested that they have any clue how to improve things. The only thing I can conclude is that they simply plan to oppose every move Bush makes for the last two years of his term, much like the do-nothing Democratic Senate did when it was led by Tom Daschle during Bush's first two years in office.

2. Nancy Pelosi will likely become Speaker of the House. You may be asking, "Nancy Who?" The bug-eyed House Minority Leader has been making herself scarce lately, possibly because the Democrats understandably do not want her to be the face of their party this election season. But if the Democrats win control of the House of Representatives, Pelosi will most likely become Speaker of the House. The ultra-liberal San Francisco Dem would then become the person responsible for introducing legislation to the floor of the House. Remember: when the Supreme Court issued its outrageous eminent domain ruling, Pelosi said that "it was as if God had spoken". We cannot afford to have a blatant leftist like Pelosi in such a position of importance.

3. Terrorists are endorsing Democrats. Don't believe me? Feast your eyes on this article:

http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=52747

Is it any surprise? Democrats have undermined the war on terror, shamelessly playing politics with our national security. America's enemies would benefit greatly from a Democratic Congress which will have more power to block the administration's efforts to fight terrorism.

4. John Kerry's recent comments show utter contempt for our military. You may be asking, "So what? Kerry's name is not on any ballot." Well, neither is Bush's, but that doesn't stop the Democrats from making him a campaign issue. If Democrats take control of the Senate, the party of Kerry will be in power. Kerry is one of his party's biggest names -- he is, after all, their most recent Presidential nominee -- and chances are that he will hold a position of authority in a Democratic Senate, possibly in the form of a committee chairmanship. Our country and our armed forces deserve better.

5. Saddam Hussein has been sentenced to death! Did you want me to point out a significant Bush administration achievement? Today, the brutal Iraqi dictator whom America removed from power has justly been sentenced to hang by his countrymen. Here's the story:

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,227595,00.html?sPage=fnc.politics/youdecide2006

We are truly witnessing a historic event, and it is a great day for the world. Democrats have been using the Iraq war against Bush in their campaigns, but this event flies in their faces. Of course, the Democrats wrongly claim that Saddam was no threat to anyone, which brings us to No. 6...

6. The U.S. media has now confirmed that Saddam was working on a nuclear program. Of course, that's not the way the story has been presented to us. You've probably seen headlines this past week about nuclear secrets being divulged on a government web site. Here is the New York Times article which got that story started:

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/03/world/middleeast/03documents.html?_r=1&ref=todayspaper&oref=slogin

According to the article, these secrets were dangerous to reveal, and they were taken from Iraqi documents seized during the war -- which means that Saddam's government had these dangerous nuclear secrets in their possession! Read this paragraph:

Among the dozens of documents in English were Iraqi reports written in the 1990s and in 2002 for United Nations inspectors in charge of making sure Iraq had abandoned its unconventional arms programs after the Persian Gulf war. Experts say that at the time, Mr. Hussein’s scientists were on the verge of building an atom bomb, as little as a year away.

What?!? As little as a year away from when? From 2002? Remember, the U.S. invaded Iraq in 2003, which was as little as a year later! Sounds like we went to war just in time, didn't we? Wait...there's more:

Last spring, after the site began posting old Iraqi documents about chemical weapons, United Nations arms-control officials in New York won the withdrawal of a report that gave information on how to make tabun and sarin, nerve agents that kill by causing respiratory failure.

So! We found Iraqi documents about how to create chemical weapons as well! But, the Democrats and the media have been telling us for three years that Saddam had no WMD programs! Democrats truly cannot be trusted with national security matters.

7. The economy is booming. Many Democrat-funded attack ads claim that the economy is bad, and it's Bush's fault, so the voters should therefore elect more Democrats. This claim is even more nonsensical than it seems, because the economy is in great shape. The U.S. unemployment rate for the month of October was 4.4%, which is lower than it has been for most of the past 36 years. If Democrats regain power, their liberal policies will only obstruct further economic growth. For example: the Dems have stated a desire to repeal Bush's 2001 tax cut, which helped to bring about our current prosperity.

8. More Supreme Court appointments are likely to come. Considering the ages of the Justices on the U.S. Supreme Court, there is likely to be at least one vacancy in the next two years; some are even predicting two or three vacancies. A Democrat-controlled Senate would fight tooth and nail to prevent Bush from appointing Constitutionalist judges to the Court.

9. Democrats will waste time and tax dollars on meaningless "investigations" of the Bush administration. Have you noticed how Democrats and their willing accomplices in the media attempt to turn every action of the administration into a scandal that calls for an investigation? If Democrats gain control of Congress, they will have power to actually carry out their investigations, and they will criminalize every administration action that they can get their hands on. Rep. John Conyers, who has repeatedly stated plans to begin impeachment proceedings against the President, will have greater ability to do so. Are you ready for a two-year national nightmare?

10. Democrats have a shameful history of opposing America's best interests, attacking traditional values, and bringing standards down to the lowest common denominator. And they are showing no signs of stopping. Need I say more?

I implore conservative voters to please go to the polls and cast your votes on Tuesday. It is very important.