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Dizzied by the spin

Posted on October 22, 2007 | Comments Off on Dizzied by the spin

"The situation in Iraq has drastically changed, but the inertia of bad news leaves many convinced that the mission has failed beyond recovery, that all Iraqis are engaged in sectarian violence, or are waiting for us to leave so they can crush their neighbors." –Independent journalist Michael Yon’s latest.

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Lucky mutt

Posted on October 20, 2007 | Comments Off on Lucky mutt

Watch the lucky dog on the upper right side of the video beat feet away from the bad guys.

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Warriors for the right

Posted on October 6, 2007 | Comments Off on Warriors for the right

"Whatever one’s views on the war are, it seems to me morally reprehensible that anyone would slander an American soldier, whether comparing them to terrorists or their General to a betrayer. We have a very rare precious resource in today’s military that really does represent the moral upper crust of American society, and as long as it is engaged, we need to support it."

I don’t think you’d find many American veterans who disagree with that and you should read the rest of this analysis by military historian Victor Davis Hanson, who recently returned from Iraq.

UPDATE: Part II of VDH’s report, with a third to come. Here’s Part III.

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Adios al Q

Posted on October 5, 2007 | Comments Off on Adios al Q

Those bad boyz just can’t get any rest in Iraq. The USAF F-16s are always dropping by without notice.

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Budding success in Iraq

Posted on October 2, 2007 | Comments Off on Budding success in Iraq

"The country is whole. It has embraced the ballot box. It has created a fair and popular constitution. It has avoided all-out civil war. It has not been taken over by Iran. It has put an end to Kurdish and marsh Arab genocide, and anti-Shia apartheid. It has rejected mass revenge against the Sunnis. As shown in the great national votes of 2005 and the noisy celebrations of the Iraq football team’s success in July, Iraq survived the Saddam Hussein era with a sense of national unity…"

A hopeful, longish look at Iraq, well beyond the political squabbling in Washington, and from a center-left magazine, no less. For that reason, alone, it is well worth the read. 

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Military lessons of Iraq

Posted on September 28, 2007 | Comments Off on Military lessons of Iraq

Why we couldn’t simply replicate the Afghanistan/Taliban approach in democratizing Iraq:

"It is not enough to persuade a Muslim population to reject al Qaeda’s ideology and practice. Someone must also be willing and able to protect that population against the terrorists they had been harboring, something that special forces and long-range missiles alone can’t do."

Read it all. 

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Where’s the beef, George?

Posted on September 27, 2007 | Comments Off on Where’s the beef, George?

"The Bush Presidency is running out of time to act if it wants to stop Iran from gaining a bomb. With GIs fighting and dying in Iraq, Mr. Bush also owes it to them not to allow enemy sanctuaries or weapons pipelines from Iran. If the President believes half of what he and his Administration have said about Iran’s behavior, he has an obligation to do whatever it takes to stop it."

Less talk and more action would be a good idea, both for the present and for the future. 

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