Looks like Rudy may be breaking Pentagon rules by using Petraeus’ image in his ads: Images of Gen. David Petraeus appeared in an ad the Giuliani campaign began running yesterday attacking Hillary Clinton. The Pentagon says the use of the Petraeus images was done without Petraeus’ consent. Military personnel are barred by Pentagon regulations from […]
Oh joy: President George W. Bush will address a war-weary American public next week to “lay out a vision” for the U.S. role in Iraq as he tries to sell his strategy in the wake of a crucial report to Congress. Heading home from an overseas trip on the eve of a political showdown over […]
And this is not coming from the New York Times or the Washington Post. This story is coming from the Marine Corps Times: A key aide says Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki’s relations with U.S. commander Gen. David Petraeus are so poor the Iraqi leader may ask Washington the withdraw the well-regarded U.S. military leader from […]
Seems like we hear these headlines all the time. This week was no exception. The problem with it? This “key leader” was killed over a year ago: The U.S. command in Baghdad this week ballyhooed the killing of a key al Qaeda leader but later admitted that the military had declared him dead a year […]
It was just a little over a month ago that Bush said he told al-Maliki that the U.S. forces would “operate more freely”. This raised a lot of questions in Washington, and rightfully so. It appears that the U.S. was taking it’s cues from the Iraqis on our military presence. Now we have the case […]