Ba-ath's reconcile and the media down plays it

I haven't heard much in the media this weekend about the Ba-aths being let back into the Iraqi government jobs. It seems to me the road to Victory is here and nobody wants to hear about winning. Because it was under President Bushes watch and not the democrats (sorry Harry and Nancy you lost!).
From the AP here:

In announcing the troop buildup more than a year ago, Bush said it would provide the Iraqi government "breathing space" to begin tackling legislation designed to reconcile Iraq's Shiite and Sunni Arabs as well as Kurds.

From Captains Quarters here.

Those who claim that the surge strategy in Iraq has paid no dividends because it hasn't met Congressional benchmarks may wish to skip to the next post. The Iraqi National Assembly has passed one of the two most critical benchmarks that the American government had pressed for Baghdad to adopt, the de-Baathification reform that will allow Sunnis to once again enter government jobs:

From Blackfive here.

Then we look at W's trip around the region and for me, kinda like napalm, it smells like....Victory.

Yes, it smells like Victory to me too!