article.nationalreview.com - 11/18/2008
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Obama will have the chance to preside over a successful endgame in Iraq. This is the gift the surge has given him, if he doesnt throw it away.
zombietime.com - 11/17/2008
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zombietime.com —
Victory in Iraq Day November 22, 2008 We
won. The Iraq War is over. I declare November
22, 2008 to be "Victory in Iraq Day." (Hereafter known as "VI Day.") By every measure, The United States and coalition forces have conclusively defeated all ...
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Victory in Iraq Day, November 22, 2008
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Today's Editorials
The Corner on National Review Online —
... ] We have two very fine editorials on NRO today. On the new agreements with Iraq, I am less enthusiastic than my colleagues (who, to be sure, are not exactly breaking out the champagne). I contend in an ...
Ingrates
Lawyers, Guns and Money —
Andy McCarthy: Thousands of American lives and hundreds of billions in taxpayer funds have been expended to provide Iraqis the opportunity to live freely. And this despite the facts that (a) the U.S. interest in Iraqi democracy remains tenuous (our interest was the elimination of Saddam’s terror-mongering, weapons-proliferating regime), and (b) Americans were assured, when the nation-building enterprise commenced, that oil-rich Iraq would underwrite our sacrifices on its behalf. Yet, to be blunt, the Iraqis remain ingrates. That stubborn fact complicates ...
The Ingrate Problem
Matthew Yglesias —
It’s nice to see that Andy McCarthy is putting aside his crazy anti-Obama conspiracy theories and getting back down to his core competency of incredibly stupid commentary on national security policy. Thus, via Dave Noon, I give you this paragraph:
Thousands of American lives and hundreds of billions in taxpayer funds have been expended to provide Iraqis the opportunity to live freely. And this despite the facts that (a) the U.S. interest in Iraqi democracy remains tenuous (our interest was the elimination of Saddam’s ...
National Review writer: ‘Iraqis remain ingrates.’
Think Progress —
... pulls out a passage from a new piece by the National Review’s Andy McCarthy on why Iraqis should be more grateful to the United States: ...
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SOFA Text?
mudvillegazette.com 11/26/2008 — Actually, McClatchy calls it an " unofficial translation from the Arabic ".
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confederateyankee.mu.nu 11/25/2008 — The Iraq Wars are over, and we have won. Let me say that again. WE HAVE WON THE IRAQ WARS. And yes, I do mean to use the plural, as we have, along with our allies, won three intertwined...
Get ready to change the name to CryVAW...
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Iraq parliament passes U.S. security pact
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reuters.com 11/27/2008 — BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq's parliament on Thursday approved a security pact with the United States that paves the way for U.S. forces to withdraw by the end of 2011, taking the country a big step closer to full sovereignty. The deal, which parliament ...
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