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mudvillegazette.com - 12/1/2008
How Obama Won Iraq
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Heh . It might be helpful for folks to understand that there were always at least two Iraq wars - one, a military conflict in Iraq and two, a political pissfest in Washington. The U.S. military won one of them in 2007; the Democrats won the other in November, 2008. Tom Friedman wears ...
Op-Ed Columnist: Obama’s Iraq Inheritance
nytimes.com - 11/30/2008
Op-Ed Columnist: Obama’s Iraq Inheritance
— nytimes.com — For the first time, there is a chance that a reasonably stable democratizing government, though no doubt corrupt in places, can take root in the Iraqi political space. > (more) Op-Ed Columnist: Obama’s Iraq Inheritance

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NY Times Scurrying To Give Obama Victory Credit For Their Shared Defeat In Iraq
confederateyankee.mu.nu - 11/30/2008
NY Times Scurrying To Give Obama Victory Credit For Their Shared Defeat In Iraq
— confederateyankee.mu.nu — Barack Obama and his Democratic allies have famously done everything in their power to try to lose the Iraqi War while President Bush is in office, but now that everyone with any understanding of the conflict knows that the war... (more) NY Times Scurrying To Give Obama Victory Credit For ...

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washingtonpost.com - 12/1/2008
I'm Still Tortured by What I Saw in Iraq
— washingtonpost.com — Sunday, November 30, 2008; B01 I should have felt triumphant when I returned from Iraq in August 2006. Instead, I was worried and exhausted. My team of interrogators had successfully hunted down one of the most notorious mass murderers of our ... (more) I'm Still Tortured by What I Saw in Iraq

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Mudville Gazette: How Obama Won Iraq
Victory Caucus -- All Content — Heh. It might be helpful for folks to understand that there were always at least two Iraq wars - one, a military conflict in Iraq and two, a political pissfest in Washington. The U.S. military won one of them in 2007; the Democrats won the other in November, 2008. Tom Friedman wears gold-bordered battle ribbons for the pissfest, awarded from both sides. (Okay, maybe one from the real war, too, depending on whether or not you count the media battle... read ...

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