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Realistic assessment

Posted on May 18, 2007 | Comments Off on Realistic assessment

LTC Steven Miska, infantry commander of Task Force Justice, sees a need for us in Iraq for seven more years, which he thinks would be a bargain:

"If our government decides to prematurely pull out, I would fail to reach both goals, and my son and his generation may find themselves embroiled in something far worse than what we experience now—all because my generation couldn’t get the job done."

In which case, Vietnam veterans wouldn’t be the only ones criticized for failing to win a war. 

Via Instapundit and Max Boot in Commentary Magazine. 

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Usual Iraq confusion

Posted on May 17, 2007 | Comments Off on Usual Iraq confusion

If/when we leave Iraq in large numbers, the so-called chaos and civil war could be short-lived, indeed:

"…with U.S. troops gone, the Iraqi security forces will be inclined to wage war the traditional way. That means massive use of firepower against civilians in any neighborhood where the Sunni Arab terrorists show up, or are found. In Syria, the 1982 uprising by Islamic radicals was put down, in part, by the destruction of the town of Hamat, and the massacre of over 10,000 civilians there."

Meanwhile, confusion continues, with a British think-tank saying Iraq is near collapse. I suspect that Gen. Patraeus, who sees "stunning progress" in al Anbar province, obviously disagrees.

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Missing soldiers

Posted on May 12, 2007 | Comments Off on Missing soldiers

I dislike linking to the BBC, but this report of the missing Americans in Iraq has more detail than AP’s version:

"The patrol of seven Americans and their Iraqi interpreter were attacked near the town of Mahmudiya, spokesman Maj Gen William Caldwell said. He said that within an hour other troops were at the scene of the attack, hunting for the [3] missing soldiers. Checkpoints have been set up to prevent the soldiers being moved from the area."

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Heroes still available

Posted on May 12, 2007 | Comments Off on Heroes still available

You can probably forget any future MSM pieces on the state of military recruitment, considering that it’s through the roof. And the Pentagon has finally gotten around to refuting the usual criticisms, that the troops are dumber, poorer, more likely minority, etc. So don’t hold your breath. Instead, see this nice roundup of the details about our better educated, ethnically and racially representative, and thoroughly middle-class military, with graphics.

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Friends and enemies are watching

Posted on May 12, 2007 | Comments Off on Friends and enemies are watching

Latest from Jeff Emanuel, a veteran and journalist embed in Iraq 

"Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s (D-Nev.) comment that ‘the war is lost’ and ‘the surge…hasn’t accomplished anything’ was splashed on the front page of every news outlet from Al Jazeera to the Iranian state newspaper. Contrary to the beliefs of all too many Americans who seem tied to the notion that the Iraqi people are both blind and ignorant, Congress’s votes to set a withdrawal date from Iraq — much like their other, similar votes and statements — were heard with perfect clarity by Iraqis, as well as by the insurgents who take heart from them."

Our very own Fifth Column: Congress. 

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Posted on May 11, 2007 in Iraq, The War, Troops

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Those Iranian weapons

Posted on May 8, 2007 | Comments Off on Those Iranian weapons

You know, the ones killing American troops in Iraq? The ones the politicians never want to talk about and the MSM seldom reports? Pajamas Media serves up a good video interview with an EOD officer who knows the troubling details.

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