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qando.net - 1/15/2009
Anti-Iraq War or just knee-jerk Anti-War?
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A rmed Liberal cites Spencer Ackerman wondering if the jig is up for some of the left: ...[F]or at least four years, there’s been something of a dodge taken by liberals when discussing Afghanistan. To speak broadly, liberals have endlessly invoked the mantra that the real center of the ...
Cheney On Whether Iraq War Was Worth The 4,500 Americans Killed: ‘I Think So’
thinkprogress.org - 1/14/2009
Cheney On Whether Iraq War Was Worth The 4,500 Americans Killed: ‘I Think So’
— thinkprogress.org — In an interview airing tonight on PBS’s Newshour, host Jim Lehrer asks Vice President Cheney about the... U.S. soldiers who have lost their lives in the war in Iraq. Cheney shows little remorse : Q: But Mr. Vice President, getting from there to ... (more) Cheney On Whether Iraq War Was Worth The 4,500 Americans ...

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breitbart.com - 1/13/2009
Iraq official: Biden affirms 'responsible' pullout
— breitbart.com — BAGHDAD (AP) - Vice President-elect Joe Biden told Iraqi leaders Tuesday that the incoming U.S. administration is... committed to a responsible troop withdrawal that does not endanger improvements in security, an Iraqi spokesman said. Biden delivered ... (more) Iraq official: Biden affirms 'responsible' pullout

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The Human Element: When Gadgetry Becomes Strategy
worldaffairsjournal.org - 1/14/2009
The Human Element: When Gadgetry Becomes Strategy
— worldaffairsjournal.org — Wrong, terribly wrong T he wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, and the political debates concerning the nature... and scope of U.S. involvement in those countries, have resurrected the “lessons” of Vietnam once again. Far from having kicked the “Vietnam ... (more) The Human Element: When Gadgetry Becomes Strategy

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WAR: Out of Bluff
Baseball Crank — McQ rounds up commentary from Armed Liberal and Spencer Ackerman on how the ascension of Obama to the presidency means anti-Iraq-War left-wingers (Obama included) are going to have to put up or shut up on choosing between their natural anti-war inclinations and their rhetoric about how important Afghanistan is. This is part of a broader phenomenon I've noted before in left/liberal political argumentation: the tendency to be hawkish about whoever the United States is not in immediate conflict with, and the subsequent tendency to back down when a conflict actually approaches. The Democratic shift from ...

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