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yglesias.thinkprogress.org - 12/16/2008

An Empire of Sentimentality

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I think this kind of sentiment from Dave Dilegge at the COIN hotspot Small Wars Journal reflects some dangerous trends in American culture: Ain’t this just dandy and a pisser to boot - those who have strived - and died - to ensure Iraq’s freedom and future place as a ...

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michaeltotten.com - 12/15/2008

On the Hunt in Baghdad

— michaeltotten.com — by Michael J. Totten BAGHDAD -- “If your men conduct any raids,” I said to Captain Todd... Looney at Combat Outpost Ford on the outskirts of Sadr City, Baghdad, “I want to go.” “We might have something come up,” he said. “If so, I'll get you out ... (more) On the Hunt in Baghdad

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thinkprogress.org - 12/15/2008

Bush On Al Qaeda Not Existing In Iraq Before Invasion: ‘So What?’

— thinkprogress.org — Yesterday, after an Iraqi journalist used “ [t]wo of the worst insults in Islam ” against him,... an unfazed President Bush sat down with ABC’s Martha Raddatz for an exit interview in Iraq. When Raddatz asked Bush about his legacy, ... (more) Bush On Al Qaeda Not Existing In Iraq Before Invasion: ...

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huffingtonpost.com - 12/14/2008

Bush Visits Iraq For Final Time

— huffingtonpost.com — BAGHDAD — President George W. Bush on Sunday made a farewell visit to Iraq, a place that... defines his presidency, just 37 days before he hands the war off to a successor who has pledged to end it. Air Force One, Bush's distinctive powder ... (more) Bush Visits Iraq For Final Time

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Unconcerned With The Consequences
Eschaton — Yglesias: The harsh reality is that this was not a noble undertaking done for good reasons. It was a criminal enterprise launched by madmen cheered on by a chorus of fools and cowards. And it’s seen as such by virtually everyone all around the world — including but by no means limited to the Arab world. But it’s impolitic to point this out in the United States, and it’s clear that even a president-elect who had the wisdom not to be suckered in by the War Fever of 2002 has no intention of really acting to marginalize the bad actors. Which, I think, makes sense for ...

Matthew Yglesias is shrill
Paul Krugman — And also right . The harsh reality is that this was not a noble undertaking done for good reasons. It was a criminal enterprise launched by madmen cheered on by a chorus of fools and cowards. And it’s seen as such by virtually everyone all around the world — including but by no means limited to the Arab world. Right now, there’s a major effort underway to flush the sheer crazy/vileness of the Bush years — and the cravenness of those who enabled it — down the memory hole. We shouldn’t let that effort succeed. The fact is that an American president deliberately misled the nation ...

Hullabaloo — ... It was more important to put "the adults" in charge, who simply knew that we would be greeted as liberators and that the oil money would pay for the reconstruction and that Sunnis and Shiites have no history of ethnic strife, than to find anyone with the slightest understanding of the country we were blowing to bits. It's absolutely astounding. And let me take a moment, in the midst of all this cheerleading that we "won the war" in Iraq, to second Matt Yglesias: ...

Phase VI
Neptunus Lex — ... The writer is Matthew Yglesias, and, for a time at least, he was one of those “cowards and fools” cheering on the effort. ...

Gaffney: 4,000 Americans Had To Die In Iraq
Think Progress — ... Four thousand Americans didn’t die in Iraq because they had to. They died because of the Bush administration’s hubris. Matt Yglesias explains: ...

The Left Just Can’t Accept Success In Iraq
QandO — ... You’d wish Matt Yglesias might be above such emotional and political immaturity, but given the guy has never really done anything in his life except write about what others have done and offered his opinion, maybe not. As such, and careful to preserve his troop lovin’ bona fides, Yglesias praises the troops before throwing this metaphorical shoe: ...

The Legacy Project spins Iraq
Political Animal — ... " The intensity of the spinning is impressive, but wholly unpersuasive. Yglesias' take on the war yesterday rang true: [I]t's crucially important not to allow these positive sentiments about soldiers and marines to deteriorate into sentimentality about the mission they were undertaking in Iraq. The Iraqi people didn't ask to be liberarted conquered and occupied by a foreign power that destroyed their country and then immediately set about meddling in Iraqi politics and until just a month or so ago was struggling mightily for the right to permanently station military forces ...

Cheney On Whether Iraq War Was Worth The 4,500 Americans Killed: ‘I Think So’
Think Progress — ... time and an active relationship with al Qaeda. The Iraq war has decimated the readiness of the U.S. military, radicalized insurgents in the Middle East, and strengthened many of America’s enemies. As David Sanger of the New York Times notes, the war also “occupied so much of the attention and the resources of the top levels of the U.S. government that we ignored much bigger threats, short-term and long-term.” Matt Yglesias has also written: The harsh reality is that this was not a noble undertaking ...