…and set up the bank shot in 2016 for Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, apparently: The Obama administration has decided to drop the number of U.S. troops in Iraq at the end of the year down to 3,000, marking a major downgrade in force strength, multiple sources familiar with the inner workings and decisions on U.S. troop movements in Iraq told Fox News. [snip] This | Read More »
I know this, because I just watched him crawl on the floor trying to retrieve them after he tried to push around former Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice. Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy This one’s going around. Newsbusters, @adambaldwin, the Daily Caller – take your pick. Particularly enjoyable was the part where she called O’Donnell a liar:
Theoretically, the confirmation hearings for proposed DNI James Clapper could be an opportunity for fireworks… only not in the way that one would think. It turns out that he’s a potential lightning rod for criticism from the Left: President Obama’s choice to be the next director of national intelligence supported the view that Saddam Hussein’s regime in Iraq sent weapons and documents to Syria in | Read More »
(Via AoSHQ) It has been declared a holiday, and for good reason. They’re getting their country… well, ‘back’ is the wrong word; under the Baathists it was never really ‘theirs’ to begin with. But they do take responsibility for their cities and towns now. Iraqis Celebrate Day of National Sovereignty Marking US Troop Pullback Iraqis are staging a national celebration to mark the impending June | Read More »
…as found here: he’s the guy that did this pre-surge interview in 2007 for Salon where he breezily declared that: “The U.S. is failing miserably at containing the spread of al-Qaida.” “The idea of Western-style democracy in Iraq doesn’t appeal to anyone.” “I don’t think any number of new troops is going to help unless we’re going to station troops on every single corner of | Read More »
I read with some interest this article which describes a supposed Blue-on-Blue fight looming over the upcoming reduction of troops: Congressional Democrats’ misgivings about President Barack Obama’s plan to reduce troop levels in Iraq has set the stage for potentially major conflicts between Capitol Hill and the White House in the months ahead. Obama’s announcement Friday that he will leave between 35,000 and 50,000 troops | Read More »
(Via Hot Air Headlines) This is in the context of mentioning President Obama’s recent military speech, and in the context of discussing the fairly obvious – to people with functioning neural tissue, at least – points that the President is coasting on Bush’s successful surge strategy; and that our failure to actually have an ambassador to Iraq at the moment is, put simply, dumb. With | Read More »
After all, we have a Democrat as President: it’s acceptable to pretend to be for freedom and democracy again. (Via Holger Awakens, via Tennesseefree.com) Three things: 1). What do we know about this guy? Or when it was made? 2). If we had listened to Obama in 2006, this guy would probably be dead right now. 3). Not In Your Name, antiwar movement. Not then. | Read More »
Not then. Not now. Not ever. Iraqis vote in landmark elections Iraqis are electing new provincial councils in the first nationwide vote in four years, with the Sunni minority expected to turn out in strength. After a slow start, correspondents said voting was brisk, including among Sunni Muslims, who largely boycotted the last elections. The vote is seen as a test of Iraq’s stability ahead | Read More »
And I don’t even want to think about what would have happened to his family. Fortunately, the good guys won the domestic front of the war, which means that Ambassador Sumaidaie is free to smack down antiwar idiots: But don’t cry, ye members of the antiwar movement: there’s always 2012. Or 2016. Or 2020, but by then an increasing number of you will be dead | Read More »
This is the perfect metaphor for the antiwar movement’s track record for the last eight years: President George Bush shows up, does precisely what he feels like doing, and the best response that his opponents can come up is to throw a couple of shoes at him… and miss. Via Hot Air: I mean, really. Complete tactical surprise, stationary target, aerodynamic missiles, and even a | Read More »
Well, I think that the question of whether Senator Clinton’s appointment to SecState was an attempt to neutralize her has been pretty much settled at this point: Clinton looks to loyalists for State Dept. staff WASHINGTON (AP) — Preparing for her new role as secretary of state, Hillary Rodham Clinton is moving to surround herself with a cast of die-hard loyalists and veterans of her | Read More »
Hey, don’t scowl at me: scowl at the New York Times. It’s their headline: WASHINGTON – On the campaign trail, Senator Barack Obama offered a pledge that electrified and motivated his liberal base, vowing to “end the war” in Iraq. But as he moves closer to the White House, President-elect Obama is making clearer than ever that tens of thousands of American troops will be | Read More »
This article by Dexter Filkins nuances the situation to a fare-the-well, of course – but that’s the Old Grey Lady for you. I’m tempted to unload on the author for being quite so surprised at the notion that possibly, possibly things weren’t quite as doomed as he thought, but like Allahpundit I’m going to nobly restrain myself. Back in Iraq, Jarred by the Calm BAGHDAD | Read More »
Come, I will hide nothing from you: I raised an eyebrow at Amir Taheri’s allegation that Obama violated the Logan Act. It’s certainly a juicy allegation – that the then-presumptive Democratic candidate for President went behind the backs of both the current legal government of the USA, and his own partisan supporters, to try to influence foreign affairs for his own benefit – but like | Read More »
I know, it sounds difficult to believe – but for some strange reason, the Washington Post seems almost… well, skeptical about the whole “run away from our responsibilities to the Iraqi people and attempt to recreate that entire South Vietnam collapse” thing. In fact, I would go so far as to suggest – maybe, just maybe! – that the WaPo might actually think that this | Read More »
Via Gateway Pundit: Bring it.
Pejman, as is his wont, has collected a couple of the more trenchant objections to Obama’s fairly silly op-ed. Feel free to check them out; it’ll save me time, because I really want to bring up the following two observations: First off, “Senator Obama” – not that I would suggest that somebody wrote this for you, although in the end you might – did you | Read More »
The New York Times passed a grim milestone last Friday: it was the year anniversary of one of their most embarrassing editorials ever (Via Gateway Pundit). The Road Home It is time for the United States to leave Iraq, without any more delay than the Pentagon needs to organize an orderly exit. {snip} When Congress returns this week, extricating American troops from the war should | Read More »
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