wonkroom.thinkprogress.org - 12/18/2008
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Conservatives Mount Campaign To Claim ‘Iraq War Was Worth It’ blankley-2.JPG The recent decline in violence in Iraq has seems to have given conservatives cover to not only defend the “surge,” but even to attempt to rehabilitate the decision to go to war in the first place. Preparing the ground, ...
google.com - 12/22/2008
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google.com —
1 day ago BAGHDAD (AFP) Iraq vowed on
Sunday to oust members of the main armed Iranian
opposition group from its soil, just days before Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki is due on a trip to Tehran. The announcement was made during a visit by a government ...
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AFP: Iraq vows to expel Iranian opposition group
guardian.co.uk - 12/22/2008
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guardian.co.uk —
George W Bush, barely a month away from
leaving office, flew to Baghdad last weekend for an
eight-hour visit. On Wednesday, it was Gordon Brown's turn. The arrival of president and prime minister in the Iraqi capital is part of a concerted effort to ...
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Toby Dodge: Despite the optimism, Iraq is close to ...
wonkroom.thinkprogress.org - 12/22/2008
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Yesterday, the Iraqi government announced its intention to
expel the anti-Iranian Mujahedeen e-Khalq (MEK) from Iraq :
“The Iraqi government is responsible for their security and it continues to implement its plans to shut down the camp and ...
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Iraqi Gov’t: ‘Remaining In Iraq Is Not An Option’ For MEK
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Rice: As A ‘Political Scientist,’ ‘I am Absolutely So Proud’ Of Invading Iraq
Think Progress —
... aside the fact that the war was predicated on false intelligence, Rice cannot credibly argue as a “political scientist” that invading Iraq was in the interest of the U.S. “geostrategically.”
Indeed, Iraq posed no military threat to the United States in 2003. As Rice herself explained in July of 2001, Saddam Hussein had been unable to reconstitute himself militarily following the 1991 Gulf War. More importantly, the invasion of Iraq destabilized the region and empowered Iran politically and militarily. And contrary to ...
VC-Day: Victory over Christmas
The Poor Man Institute —
... Nominate here for the 2008 Golden Winger Awards for Excellence in Wingnuttery:
Chickenhawk of the Year - bravest keyboarder
David Horowitz, “Every day is Islamofascism Awareness Week“
Modern Conservative, “You are Leonides!“
Tony Blankley, “We won!“
Orsen Scott Card, “Time for a new Civil War!“
Keith Arnold, “I am John Galt!“
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