Iraq has Vanished from the Primaries

An interesting piece from Corriere della Serra, Italy, translated at WatchingAmerica.com points out that recent successes in Iraq have led to its disappearing from the issue sheet of all candidates, pro and anti-war, Republican and Democrat, alike.

The success of the strategy to strengthen the U.S. military presence in Iraqi cities, the reduction in the number ofl victims of attacks, has not been trumpeted: it has only made the issue slip out of the election….

By Christmas, the number who considered the war in the Middle East the main issue of the campaign had declined to 23 percent – less than the proportion who declared themselves to be more concerned about the risk of recession and the weakness of the dollar.

Read the article, Iraq has Vanished from the Primaries here on Watching America.com