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Daily Kos —
... lack? The answer -- a near-bottomless supply of good will from fellow Democrats, dating back to their early, vocal opposition to the disaster that is Iraq. So anyone who writes in assuming any Democrat or Republican supports that party no matter the situation, maybe reconsider that notion. Rich Lowry: Look, Henry Paulson is so bad, even we don't like him. So we don't lock-step Republican moves, either. Not, at least, when they're losing. John McCain, Joe Lieberman and Lindsey Graham: we were right about Iraq. Now get off our ...
Iraq Coup? Never Mind.
Swampland —
... Meanwhile, the Three Amigos--Senators Lieberman, McCain and Graham--have a Washington Post op-ed in which they acknowledge that the Obama timetable might just be feasible, after all. Welcome aboard, fellas! I guess that means McCain no longer hopes for 100-year U.S. military bases...or maybe not: ...
Still Wanking
Eschaton —
The three stooges, John, Joe, and Lindsey, go to the Washington Post to tell us that what's important that we find "consensus" on Iraq. ...
McCain, Graham, Lieberman Support Withdrawal From Iraq
TalkLeft —
... This is what "redefining the middle" looks like. McCain, Graham and Lieberman, the people who lost the 2008 election in a landslide, write: ...
The 3 Amigos Celebrate Success in Iraq... Shine Light on Cut-n-Runners
Gateway Pundit —
... Barack Obama and the defeatist party were terribly in the wrong. Iraq is a great success story today. Not even one al-Sadr supporting shoe-chucker can stop the progress. And, despite the best intentions of the cut-n-run party and their antiwar leader the democracy of Iraq keeps chugging along. The 3 amigos just visited Iraq and come back with this report today: After our visit to Iraq this month, it is clear that what was ...
McCain, Lieberman & Graham Throw Their Weight Behind Odierno
Newshoggers.com —
... There's a lot of fluff about bi-partisan agreement, withdrawing to leave a democratic Iraq and the "successes" of the last two years in an op-ed by John McCain, Joe Lieberman and Lindsey Graham in the Washington Post today. But there's only one important bit. ...
Neo-con dreams never die
The Reaction —
... Best buds McCain, Graham, and Lieberman join forces today in the Washington Post to prove, again, that once a pony hunting license has been issued, it never expires. ...
Olive Branch
A Chequer-Board of Nights and Days —
John McCain and Joe Lieberman have written a very good editorial on Iraq policy, in which they point out that thanks to the implementation of the surge and the counterinsurgency strategy--again, let us note that the President-elect and Vice President-elect opposed both of these policies and have not yet admitted error--there is an opportunity for bipartisan consensus to be created at long last when it comes to Iraq. Both invite the incoming Obama Administration to do what it can to foster this consensus. To my mind, it would be tremendously helpful to follow the ...
Can't We All Just Get Along?
SteveAudio —
Can't We All Just Get Along? Short answer: NO! A Chance for Consensus on Iraq By John McCain, Joe Lieberman and Lindsey Graham [...] Now it's time for the unthinkable to take place in Washington. For the past several years, Iraq has divided and polarized our parties, our policymakers and our people. The debate over the war has often been disfigured by politics and partisanship, precluding the national consensus so important to American security in a dangerous world.Consensus!? Freakin' CONSENSUS!? You ...
Olive Branch
RedState: Conservative News and Community —
... John McCain and Joe Lieberman have written a very good editorial on Iraq policy, in which they point out that thanks to the implementation of the surge and the counterinsurgency strategy–again, let us note that the President-elect and Vice President-elect opposed both of these policies and have not yet admitted error–there is an opportunity for bipartisan consensus to be created at long last when it comes to Iraq. Both invite the incoming Obama Administration to do what it can to foster this consensus. ...
Obama to send 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan: Democrats Calling For Draft
Flopping Aces —
... “We’re going to have to face that question,” Biden said on NBC’s “Meet the Press” television show when asked if it was realistic to expect restoration of the draft. “The truth of the matter is, it is going to become a subject, if, in fact, there’s a 40 percent shortfall in recruitment. It’s just a reality,” he said.
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Interesting article in today’s Washington Post
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McCain, Lieberman & Graham Throw Their Weight Behind Odierno
Crooks and Liars —
... There's a lot of fluff about bi-partisan agreement, withdrawing to leave a democratic Iraq and the "successes" of the last two years in an op-ed by John McCain, Joe Lieberman and Lindsey Graham in the Washington Post today. But there's only one important bit. ...
Iraq 'consensus'
Political Animal —
IRAQ 'CONSENSUS'.... The trio of John McCain, Joe Lieberman, and Lindsey Graham didn't have much luck on the campaign trail this year, but they nevertheless believe they have an important contribution to make to the discourse: they have a plan for a way forward in Iraq. Indeed, they wrote an op-ed explaining that their vision can serve as the "consensus" position of all U.S. officials, including politicians in both parties. Their pitch will probably sound pretty familiar: Based on our observations and consultations in Baghdad, we are optimistic that President-elect Obama will ...
McCain, Lieberman: Iraq Is Won, Praise Obama’s National Security Team
GayPatriot —
... With the symptoms and root cause of Bush Derangement Syndrome ending in a month, and the GOP moderates gellin’ behind Obama on foreign policy… is a consensus of Victory in Iraq possible? And will bipartisanship on the Global War On Terror be reborn? ...
Caving is not consensus
Newshoggers.com —
... By Fester: Senator Droopy and friends came out with a Washington Post-Op-Ed calling for a consensus policy on Iraq. Their prescribed policy is, as Steve Benen notes, the same policy that McCain ran on and got crushed on. The prescribed policy is to fetishize the Surge, never question the logic, seek tactical results at the blindness of operational or strategic impacts, ignorance of reality (prevent Iranian hegemony and influence --- the guys in charge that they praise in the previous and proceeding paragraphs are heads of parties whose membership receive ...
Kumbaya and the "new and improved realities"
Daily Kos —
... For more than five years, at the cost of tens of thousands of lives and hundreds of billions of dollars, the Iraq war has been shoved down our collective throats by George Bush, his followers, and his enablers. But now, with Barack Obama as our President-elect, and with increased majorities in both the House and Senate, John McCain, Lindsey Graham, and Joe Lieberman think that: ...
Untangling Obama's Cabinet
Open Left - Front Page —
... Iraq: Obama's current plan is to leave a residual force in Iraq (which John McCain, Lindsay Graham, and Joe Lieberman praise). ...
Iraqi Christians Seek Return, Sense Extinction
Antiwar.com Original —
How easy it is to declare Iraq "turned around" while an ancient people face the swirling desert sands of their own extinction. While it might sound a bit hyperbolic, there is no denying that the Christian minority in Iraq is slowly bleeding out, even as U.S. lawmakers justifying their support for the invasion of Iraq – such as Senators John McCain, Joseph Lieberman, and Lindsey Graham – insist the United States military made that country a better place to live. Millions of Iraqis, including the Christians who have fled the country since the 2003 invasion or who have lost ...
