The LA Times says that violence is down to a 4-year low in Iraq, which is obviously good news. Nevertheless, approximately 300 violent incidents were recorded last week. Obviously there’s still more work to be done there, which is why it’s important that the people who can make sure it happens – American troops –…
Category: Iraq
Bush Interview Confirms Character
President Bush’s interview with Politico’s Mike Allen goes a long way in confirming some of the positive character traits – steadfastness, faithful, determined – that I wrote about yesterday. It also highlights some of negatives as well. On balance it wasn’t a bad attempt at making Bush’s public image more palatable, something Republican candidates clearly…
Marketing George Bush
Taking a tangent away from our conversation about why I think it might be better for conservatives to simply allow Barack Obama to win in 2008 and regroup in 2012 – my current thinking is to just get the pain over with, like getting a root canal, ala Jimmy Carter, so we can get back…
Sadr City Opening Up
McClatchy says that Iraqi troops will soon be walking the streets of Sadr City and arresting those found with "medium and heavy weaponry." Followers of rebel cleric Muqtada al Sadr agreed late Friday to allow Iraqi security forces to enter all of Baghdad’s Sadr City and to arrest anyone found with heavy weapons in a…
Obama Advisor Recommends Keeping Troops in Iraq
The New York Sun reports that Colin Kahl, Barack Obama’s working group coordinator on Iraq, has written a paper about U.S. troop numbers in that country in which he advises that significant numbers of U.S. forces should be retained in Iraq for at least 2 more years. "…the U.S. should aim to transition to a…
Female Suicide Bombers "Mentally Impaired"
Leave the word female out of the title and you have a truism that every person who has the least bit of love for their life – or someone else’s – should be able to agree on. The AFP: Explosives strapped to two mentally impaired women were triggered by remote control in co-ordinated attacks that…
al-Sadr to Continue Restraint?
Reuters says that Iraqi Shi’ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr is considering extending a freeze on the activities of his powerful Mehdi Army militia. “Yes, there is a chance that the freeze on the Mehdi Army will be extended,” Salah al-Ubaidy told Reuters late on Wednesday. Ubaidy did not say how long another extension might last or…
Budget Passes Senate, Includes Iraq Funding
In what has to have left an extremely bitter taste in liberals’ mouths, the U.S. Senate approved a $556B spending bill that includes $70B for the war efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan. By a vote of 76-17, the Senate approved the $556 billion fiscal 2008 spending bill. Marking another defeat for Democrats trying to end nearly…
Dems Still "Trying" to Halt Iraq War
Despite the fact that they’ve done nothing of consequence to change the U.S. war effort in Iraq, Democrats are still talking about doing that, somehow, some way: Frustrated by the lack of political progress in Iraq, under pressure by antiwar groups and mindful of polls showing that most Americans want the war to end, the…
Joe Lieberman is Awesome!
As Michael said earlier, there are some really good blogs on the list of the 2007 Web Logs award that are worth checking out. I was browsing the contentions blog at Commentary Magazine and happened upon this gem by John Podhoretz and his follow-up about a speech given by Joe Lieberman yesterday. Wow. I don’t…