From Michael Yon of the Wall Street Journal: I may well have spent more time embedded with combat units in Iraq than any other journalist alive. I have seen this war – and our part in it – at its brutal worst. And I say the transformation over the last 14 months is little short…
Tag: Iraq
McCain Confronts Irresponsible Calls to Pull Out of Iraq
From CNN.com: http://freedomthirst.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/JohnMcCainonIraq472008.flv Watch this video and read the article at the source – CNN.com If Barack Obama or Hillary Clinton get elected, I don’t believe that they will quickly pull American Troops out of Iraq. Either they already know better, or they very quickly will know better. They may oversee a gradual reduction,…
The Truth About September 11
From The Onion on Myspace: http://freedomthirst.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/911truth.flv You can also watch this at the source: The Onion on Myspace.
Not In Vain
I watched a couple hours of discussion on CSPAN yesterday including much analysis on why Our Nation must remain in Iraq. The discussion also included extensive thoughts on how much faster Iraq is reconciling politically then other nations in history. Northern Ireland was mentioned as an example. When I read my history book it seems…
The Tragedy of the Lost
***Notice 3/23/2008*** I am currently investigating the facts referred to in the article linked to at theamericanscratchpad.blogspot.com. I have reason to believe that the numbers don’t even accurately reflect the report cited. You can investigate as well starting at: factcheck.org & about.com. Honestly, I cringe at the thought of analyzing America’s losses in Iraq…
Where Was Barack Obama?
Did Barack Obama not know about Al-Qaeda in Iraq? Where has he been? From CNN.com: “I always reserve the right for the president … to make sure that we are looking out for American interests,” Obama said. “And if al Qaeda is forming a base in Iraq, then we will have to act in a…
Sunny Report From Iraq
CBN.com reports on the current situation in Iraq: “…despite recent attacks, U.S. and Iraqi officials point to encouraging signs that show violence in Iraq is on the decline. According to General Mike Milano, a top U.S. military official in Baghdad, there has been a 75-percent decrease in attacks in the Iraqi capital since June 2007…”
All Qaeda in Iraq is in disarray
Al-Qaeda in Iraq faces an “extraordinary crisis”. Last year’s mass defection of ordinary Sunnis from al-Qaeda to the US military “created panic, fear and the unwillingness to fight”. The terrorist group’s security structure suffered “total collapse”.These are the words not of al-Qaeda’s enemies but of one of its own leaders in Anbar province — once…
Surge is working, says war critic Batiste
The counterinsurgency campaign led by Gen. David Petraeus is the correct approach in Iraq. It is showing promise of success and, if continued, will provide the Iraqi government the opportunities it desperately needs to stabilize its country. “It’s time to discuss the way forward rather than prosecute the past. Congress must do the same, for…
Some Democrats Seeing the Light
A growing number of Democrats are recognizing that the Surge in Iraq is working. Some even see that we need to give more time for our troops to increase their success. According to Deroy Murdock: Iraq War foe, Rep. Brian Baird (D –Wash.), recently returned from there a changed man. “We are making real and…