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Shifting Sands: Couric Sees Iraq Progress
NowPublic contributor phrolen is a veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom and Joint Taskforce Katrina. His commentary is based on actual experience. Plauged with historically low Neilsen... Anbar Ho!
On his way to Australia President Bush, along with Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, stopped off in the extremely safe city of Baghdad. Oh, wait, I’m sorry, they stopped off in the former hotspot known as the Anbar Province....US ready to move into Basra as British pull out
"The Pentagon has said it will deploy troops to Basra if necessary to fill the vacuum left by a British withdrawal. Brig Gen Richard Sherlock, deputy director for operational planning at the Pentagon, was adamant... Surge working: top US general
"David Petraeus, the top US commander in Iraq, said the build-up of American forces in Baghdad since late January had produced positive outcomes. These included the killing or capture of al-Qa'ida fighters,... Who is the real author of the Petraeus Report?
An overwhelmingly obvious point made today in the blogosphere:"There is simply nothing that can get the big news orgs to stop reporting that the September progress report on Iraq is being written by General...
created by war on terrr | 5 years ago | updated 5 years ago
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Sens. Warner and Levin Travel to Iraq, Praise Surge Results
"WASHINGTON — After a brief trip to Iraq, Sen. Carl Levin said Monday that the Iraqi Parliament should vote no confidence in the government of Prime Minister Nouri Al Maliki because of its sectarian nature and... Shifting Sands: Iraq Troop Withdraw May Begin Soon
NowPublic contributor phrolen is a veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom and Joint Taskforce Katrina. His commentary is based on actual experience. U.S. troop levels in Iraq might... New Iraq Report to Warn of Attack NIE Petraeus Report Mid-September
"Officials who have seen early drafts of the updated NIE call it mixed. The late draft includes a success story for the administration: the rising resistance Sunni leaders have been showing to al Qaeda in Iraq. The Sunnis increasingly have accepted the contention of the...Bigger, Better Surge Coming: US Generals
"The U.S. military is weighing new directions in Iraq, including an even bigger troop buildup if President Bush thinks his "surge" strategy needs a further boost, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said Monday. Marine Gen. Peter Pace revealed that he and the chiefs of...
created by Actual News Geezer | 5 years ago | updated 5 years ago
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YES! More Troops For Iraq :: MAXINE
"It is always confusing for a politically charged, micro-management focused, uninformed populous to rile against what a war power professional may recognize as the right thing to do at a time of conflict ... but,...
created by Edmund Jenks | 6 years ago | updated 6 years ago
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US surge in Iraq will produce surge in violence, American general says
On a day when Democrats in the US House of Representatives will table legislation requiring the withdrawal of combat troops from Iraq, the top American commander has essentially disrobed the entire Bush Middle East strategy. "There is no military solution to a problem...Democrat Hypocrisy Laid Bare :: MAXINE
"A question posed by the opinion columnist, Jeff Jacoby, Boston Globe, yesterday is a great question indeed: “WHAT DOES IT mean to support the troops but oppose the cause they fight for?” Really … What Does...
created by Edmund Jenks | 6 years ago | updated 6 years ago
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It’s A Fine Line Between Opposition And Security :: MAXINE
"Today, Hugh Hewitt and the website "Truth Laid Bear" are helping to define the politics of the issue that lays between honest dissent and opposition with the policies and actions of a two time elected President...
created by Edmund Jenks | 6 years ago | updated 6 years ago
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Take the Pledge
"Yesterday General Petraeus testified that the Biden/Warner resolutions and those like them encourage the enemy.What does it mean, "to encourage the enemy?"It means that the enemy gathers will and strength from the prospect of a collapsing political will to seek victory in...
created by nukegingrich | 6 years ago | updated 6 years ago
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General Suggests Security Contractors Necessary
"American forces in Iraq are still far short of the military deployment the United States had in Vietnam. U.S. troop numbers in Vietnam increased from less than 20,000 in early 1964 to more than half a million by 1969. But the difference between the force levels – and the...
created by Alive in Baghdad | 6 years ago | updated 6 years ago
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