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Tag: Victory in Iraq
How we almost lost Iraq
Abu Ghraib, ‘torture’ ban blamed for prolonging war April 22, 2008 Reposted from the G2 Bulletin with permission – The G2 Bulletin is a subscription only news source. WASHINGTON — U.S. military casualties in Iraq skyrocketed during the Abu Ghraib prison scandal and following a ban on coercive interrogation of prisoners 18 months later, shows…
American Heros
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…
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,…
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…
Do Democrats Really Want Us to Fail in Iraq?
I have sometimes suggested that some Democrats in Congress may need America to fail in Iraq so that the Democratic Party can gain more power. I have wondered if they have used the anti-war movement so much that they have become invested in defeat and can no longer back out of that mindset. In this…