Chuck Hagel On Iraq: Forget 2007 and 2008, That’s Ancient History Now

By: Dan McLaughlin (Diary)  |  July 25th at 10:46 AM  | 

Chuck Hagel, fresh from his trip to Iraq to provide a patina of bipartisanship to Barack Obama, tips the hand of the Obama camp’s inability to explain away Obama’s terrible misjudgment in opposing the “surge”: “Quit talking about, ‘Did the surge work or not work,’ or, ‘Did you vote for this or support this,’” Hagel said Thursday on a conference call with reporters. “Get out | Read More »

Are We There Yet? Victory in Iraq and the 2008 Election

By: Dan McLaughlin (Diary)  |  July 21st at 03:38 PM  | 

“Events, dear boy, events.” –Former British PM Harold Macmillan on the greatest threat to any government’s plans. “In chaos there is opportunity” –Variously attributed. It’s time for Republicans to decide: are we willing to stake the election on the proposition that we have won the war in Iraq?