Big Dog at Big Dog's Weblog on Dec 15 2008 | Filed under: Iraq, Middle East
President Bush went on a secret trip to Iraq as a farewell tour and he was attacked while there. A reporter from one of those backwards countries there called Bush a dog and threw his shoes at the president. Bush ducked the first shoe and the second sailed past his head. The president waved off [...]
Joshua Pundit on Nov 17 2008 | Filed under: Feature Article, Iraq, Media Watch, The War on Terror
Iraq’s cabinet approved to so-called status of forces agreement today, after Iraqi PM al-Maliki and Iraq’s most influential Shiite cleric, the Ayatollah Sistani, signed on to it. This gives the new pact a pretty good chance of passing the Iraqi parliament.
The main difference in the new draft text was a written-in-stone date for a complete [...]
Bookworm at Bookworm Room on Nov 03 2008 | Filed under: Election 2008, Feature Article, Iraq, Media Watch
MSM Wouldn’t Want Good News To Blunt Election Message
The MSM didn’t give this story any prominence (natch), but it’s some story:
U.S. deaths in Iraq fell in October to their lowest monthly level of the war, matching the record low of 13 fatalities suffered in July. Iraqi deaths fell to their lowest monthly levels of the [...]
TXWise at Faultline USA on Sep 19 2008 | Filed under: Election 2008, Iraq, The War on Terror
John McCain Represents a Stark Contrast to Barack Obama
A Friend sent me this video. I hope the McCain campaign picks up on it. Powerful.
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Big Dog at Big Dog's Weblog on Sep 05 2008 | Filed under: Iraq, Media Watch
No One On the Left Had Faith That The Surge Would Succeed, Instead Betting On and In Some Cases Hoping For Failure
Sept. 4 (Bloomberg) — Barack Obama said the surge of American forces in Iraq has “succeeded beyond our wildest dreams,” though Iraqis still haven’t done enough to take responsibility for their country.
“The surge has [...]
Terry Trippany on Jul 09 2008 | Filed under: Election 2008, Feature Article, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Liberalism Watch, Politicians at Work, The War on Terror
On May 18th 2008 Barack Obama stood on stage and said Iran was not a threat.
“Iran, Cuba, Venezuela? These countries are tiny compared to the Soviet Union. They don’t pose any serious threat to us,” he told a crowd at a campaign stop over the weekend, prompting the probable Republican opponent for the White House [...]
MKFreeberg at House of Eratosthenes on Jul 07 2008 | Filed under: Iraq
Webloggin Note: There are currently 2 bouts of misinformation coursing through the blogosphere with regard to this story.
First, for all the conservatives that claim this is proof positive that Saddam Hussein was pursuing a nuclear program and that he had made progress on that front: sorry that is not the case with this particular uranium. [...]
Bookworm at Bookworm Room on Jul 03 2008 | Filed under: Feature Article, Iraq, Media Watch, The War on Terror
The story is amazing and the source — the normally anti-American Spiegel (a German magazine) — is equally amazing. According to this story, things in Baghdad are going really well, and the citizens have a renewed sense of well-being and purpose:
There is an unexpected air of normalcy prevailing in Baghdad these days, with consumption flourishing [...]
Bookworm at Bookworm Room on Jun 09 2008 | Filed under: Feature Article, Iraq, Liberalism Watch, Politicians at Work
There is an absolutely staggering editorial in today’s Washington Post — it admits that, John Rockefeller’s “official” indictment to the contrary, Bush did not lie. If anything, Rockefeller, in his official Senate Intelligence Committee report is lying by reaching conclusions at odds with his own evidence:
Search the Internet for “Bush Lied” products, and you will [...]
Bookworm at Bookworm Room on Jun 09 2008 | Filed under: Election 2008, Iraq, Politicians at Work
Frederick Kagan has a fascinating comparison of the specific Iraq policy plans McCain and Obama advanced before the Surge. McCain actually envisioned a surge-like event, and described all the positive benefits that would flow from it — and his predictions proved to be completely accurate. Obama, of course, demanded retreat and defeat. Given the success [...]
