instaputz.blogspot.com - 11/14/2008
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Putz writes : "THE WAR IS OVER AND WE WON:" Michael Yon just phoned from Baghdad, and reports that things are much better than he had expected, and he had expected things to be good. I hope this is true, but this triumphalism in the wake of bloodshed seems, um, familiar.... In 2003 : SGT. ...
campaignspot.nationalreview.com - 11/21/2008
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At Least The War Is Over
Eschaton —
Again.
…And all I got was this Certificate of Participation
The Poor Man Institute —
... Regardless, the cheerleaders clutching to threadbare and bloodspattered pom poms, scream into their megaphones ”Bush won”!
Perhaps.
But if Bush won, he was not alone. Iran is also entitled to an end-zone celebration of their choosing (Najaf Leap?). On the other side of the ledger, the Iraqis and American citizens mostly lost.
So it depends on how you define “we” and “won.” But other than that, yeah.
(via Glenn’s better)
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