Via Drum:...."The debate in Congress ... has been helpful in demonstrating to the Iraqis that American patience is limited," Gates told Pentagon reporters traveling with him in Jordan. "The strong feelings expressed in the Congress about the timetable probably has had a positive impact ......
Iraq war
Tom makes a good point; over the last Friedman Unit, US casualties in Iraq have been really, really bad. The increase preceded the Surge, but the Surge hasn't had any.
Meantime, I think it's time the Bush administration considered a new strategy. Patience is a virtue, certainly, but if we've got the Sea Ponies at our disposal, I see no.
This could have paid off a good chunk of my student loan, but the stuffed shirts at eBay shut down the auction and permanently suspended my account. It's been three years, and I'm still bitter.. . . Broke the server. Working on it . ....
Here's what I love about the wingnut-o-sphere:Step 1: Read on Instapundit that "the surge is working." Step 2: Learn (via Rubble Boy's link)that former Bush/Cheney webmaster claims in a Townhall.
Rob's post on luck and wingnuttery reminded me of a Times editorial written four years ago by historian Jackson Lears on the subject of George W. Bush and his Providential.
Kaus again cites Pajamas Media's Baghdad editor in defense of the idea that the Surge is working. Mohammed, you may recall, suggested that the five day absence of attacks demonstrated that the Surge was working. Then there was another big attack. Now he's hearing the...
A very important point made by GFR:No one wants to admit this. But Josh is right. If our future were truly at stake -- if we really, really had to.
Matt notes that there's no discernible difference between the substantive positions of The New Republic and Liz Cheney's widely and justly mocked op-ed on Iraq. Meanwhile, it seems as if.
It's taken as an article of faith in some parts that a large number of IEDs in Iraq are coming from Iran, and that this phenonomenon is indicative of clear Iranian hostility to the creation of a stable Iraq. To begin with, there are a...
But were any schools painted today?On one of the deadliest days for United States forces since the Iraq war began, an American helicopter crashed in a Sunni area north of.
Ezra points us to Julian Sanchez's excellent rebuttal to Megan McArdle's claim that critics of the war were just a wrong as the supporters. For my part, it's somewhat difficult.