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What Joe Biden is ignoring
Betsy's Page — ... in his thinking of a few years ago on Iraq, Charles Krauthammer isn't ignoring how that situation is changed. Preoccupied as it was poring over Tom Daschle's tax returns, Washington hardly noticed a near-miracle abroad. Iraq held provincial elections. There was no Election Day violence. Security was handled by Iraqi forces with little U.S. involvement. A fabulous bazaar of 14,400 candidates representing 400 parties participated, yielding results highly favorable to both Iraq and the United States. Iraq moved away from religious sectarianism toward more secular nationalism. ...

Chuckles the Clown
Rising Hegemon — Could somebody send Krauthammer some King Nut peanut butter or something, it may not make him sick, it would still be a fitting brand for him? America went on to create a small miracle [Iraq] in the heart of the Arab Middle East. BEHOLD! A female suicide bomber killed 32 people and wounded 84 others south of Baghdad on Friday when she blew herself up on a major Shi'ite religious pilgrimage route, police said. Another Krauthammer MIRACLE!

Krauthammer on Iraq: 'Good News Is No News'
NewsBusters.org - Exposing Liberal Media Bias — ... In Friday’s Washington Post, columnist Charles Krauthammer lamented how good news in Iraq seems to be no news in Washington, married as the liberal establishment is to a narrative that Iraq was a "fiasco" (courtesy of WaPo’s own Thomas Ricks). The elections weren’t totally ignored, but the anti-Bush narrative is uninterrupted. Krauthammer elaborated on the good news: ...

Can Republicans Be Trusted?
Notes From a Grumpy Old Man — Paul Krugman Clarence Page Eugene Robinson Charles Krauthammer So,suppose you have a company that provides security, and lived off of fat no-bid contracts from a Republican administration.Say you had some employees who were observed killing innocent civilians in Iraq and your company was eventually banned from that country, what would you do? Why, rebranding, of course. Blackwater International has changed its ominous sounding name to Xe, proving that its owner is just as insane as his mother is (she was a ...

H&I Fires 14 FEB 2009
Argghhh! The Home Of Two Of Jonah's Military Guys.. — ... ."Dark," you say? "Bad mood?" Who, me? - FbL ******************************* Okay, here's a something a bit lighter (though the idea of on whom future success depends is worrisome): Krauthammer covers some of the detail of the recent Iraqi election , and the good news goes far beyond the simple fact that an election was held in peace and safety. - FbL *******************************

You guys remember Iraq, right?
RIGHTWINGSPARKLE — Remember the daily updates from every news outlet here when violence in Iraq was at it's worse? But no news lately, right? Charles Krauthammer has an update in Friday's WaPo: Washington hardly noticed a near-miracle abroad. Iraq held provincial elections. There was no Election Day violence. Security was handled by Iraqi forces with little U.S. involvement. A fabulous bazaar of 14,400 candidates representing 400 parties participated, yielding results highly favorable to both Iraq and the United States. Prime ...