One more sign that the situation in Iraq is improving, and that we are winning. The deadly campaign of roadside bombs engaged in by the terrorist insurgents has fallen off shortly, indicating that the Surge has crippled the enemy and forced Iran to back off its support of the terrorists killing Americans and Iraqis.

n American military official on Thursday reported a sharp decrease in the number of roadside bombs and other homemade explosive devices in Iraq. The official, Maj. Gen. James E. Simmons, said Iran, which American officials contend is the source of the deadliest of those weapons, appeared to be abiding by a reported commitment to halt their flow into Iraq.

General Simmons said 1,560 improvised explosive devices directed at international forces or Iraqis across the country were identified in October, down after a steady monthly decline from 3,239 in March. Half of the bombs recorded for October were found before they detonated and were cleared, but the other half exploded.

“We have found weapons that we believe are associated with Iran in some of the caches that we have picked up,” said General Simmons, deputy commanding general of the Multinational Corps-Iraq. “But most of these weapons appear to have been in Iraq for months, so we have not seen any recent evidence that weapons continue to come across the border into Iraq.”

He added, “We believe that the initiatives and the commitments that the Iranians have made appear to be holding up.”

The article goes on to note that a combined effort by US and Iraqi forces have caused most of the IEDs used to be moved out of areas where they were prevalent, and into other parts of the country, but that the number of such bombs is down sharply. And while the number of new devices brought in from Iran is down due in part to the agreement cited in the article, they are also down due to interdiction on the Iraqi side of the border.

So as we see yet another indication of progress, how can the Democrats continue to insist upon claiming that we have been defeated in Iraq and that we must surrender as quickly as possible? Indeed, why have they adopted the treasonous strategy of cutting off cash for the troops in order to advance their political strategy of defeat for America in Iraq to bring about victory for the Democrats in 2008?