Face it – the right hate seeing combat operations come to an end. Their silence on the milestone being reached last night in the 7 year war proves the claims the left has made for years; the right loves them some war. For example, how do you think the champion news site of the right, […]
MSNBC has been covering this all night. Two weeks ahead of schedule, the final combat troops in Iraq are crossing the border into Kuwait. Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy Of course 50,000 troops will remain indefinitely in a non-combat capacity. Despite that number, this is still a huge […]
Without reading past my headline, I wonder how many on the right would quickly see that, especially if it appeared on a site like DKos or Huffington Post, and start yelling calling me an America hater? Well I don’t wish for our troops to fail in the least. That’s why I never said things like […]
Or as the educated people might call it, a time table: Iraq’s prime minister said Monday his country is now proposing an interim deal with the United States on the presence of American troops instead of a more formal agreement — and wants to include a timetable for a U.S. withdrawal. Some type of agreement […]
At first it sounded like it, but then John McCain retracted his statement that if he can’t convince the nation Iraq is succeeding he will “lose”. It is a turn around from a couple of months ago, when McCain said the country would be fine with our troops in Iraq for 100 years. Of course […]
On CNN, John King just played a clip from this week’s debate when Clinton said, “John McCain said he would keep troops in Iraq for 100 years”. King just said that was “hyperbole” and McCain said “he would keep troops there as long as it takes”. Why don’t John King look at what McCain did […]
What a way to silently increase over all troop presence in Iraq. Send in a 30,000 as part of a “surge” and then when you declare it a success, only pull out 20,000. This leaves you a net gain of 10,000 troops: The United States will probably have more troops in Iraq this summer than […]
This comes as no surprise. A new poll shows a majority of Americans believe Petraeus won’t be give a factual view of Iraq: Most Americans think this week’s report from Army Gen. David H. Petraeus will exaggerate progress in Iraq, and few expect it to result in a major shift in President Bush’s policy. But […]
These Republicans, which are up for re-election, are starting to get scared: The tide of Republican defections from President George W. Bush’s camp swelled Saturday when two more US senators joined the chorus of critics of his Iraq policy, demanding change. But while expressing sharp disagreement with the strategy of “surging” the number of US troops […]
Which brings the monthly toll to 42. This is a little better than last month, but of course that is due in a large part to Iraqi’s targeting each other again. The surge is also now complete. Ironically it is complete with an additional “28,500 troops” in Iraq. Wasn’t it supposed to be 21,500? That’s […]