Archive for the 'Iraq' Category

Bush’s War

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Biden Was Wrong On the Cold War

Let’s revisit Biden’s war plan and give the great military sage his due, shall we?

Where’s Pelosi, Reid and Murtha Now? By John Isaac Jones

It was more important for them to promote the Democratic party — by taking the side opposite the Republicans — than it was to stay the course and call for an American victory in Iraq.

Lest We Forget - Bush as the Consummate Democrat! by Leslie J. Sacks

It does seem, in conclusion then, that George Bush was merely extending the Clintonian philosophy. And if Bush was not in power, in September 2001, then indeed, most likely, it is reasonable to assume the leading Democrat in power would have gone to war, a war that may or may not have been prosecuted more efficiently. But war it would have been.

Victory in Iraq By Scott Allen

He said he was told the WMDs were shipped by truck into Syria, and some ended up in Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley.

Obama’s Head Is In…The Sand

I give Katie Couric some credit for this interview. She gives Obama more than his fair share of opportunities to clarify that the surge has succeeded. But no, he just won’t say those words.

Obama: I Still Would Not Support the Surge in Iraq

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The Entirely Conditions-Based 16-Month Horizon Timetable [Mark R. Levin]
The Obama 16-month withdrawal position continues to bounce between an ideological (anti-war) and conditional (national security) one. He wants to have it both ways, which we find confounding but he finds expedient. In my opinioon, McCain has not come closer to Obama’s [...]

Joe Nails It

Framed in criticism of fellow news anchors that are trying to spin for Obama on the surge, Joe Scarborough does a great job of stating quite simply that it is preposterous to deny that the surge is responsible for the tremendous gains we have made in Iraq.

The Bizarro World of Obama and the Surge by Peter Kirsanow

In another sign of how political discourse has degenerated into spin and sound bite, the reigning narrative is that Obama’s trip to Iraq was a big success — and a problem for McCain — because Obama’s 16 month withdrawal timetable was vindicated by al- Maliki. Today’s Washington Post editorial notes that, in fact, neither [...]

Fred Kagan on Obama’s Iraq positions and the surge

Fred Kagan, author of the surge strategy, seems blown away with the current conversation.