crooksandliars.com - 12/21/2008
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The Deciderer, according to the Three Amigos
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 ...
washingtonpost.com - 12/20/2008
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justoneminute.typepad.com - 12/18/2008
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After lefties have had a moment to absorb
the Rick Warren news they can turn to the...
latest plot twist in the "Will he, won't he" drama of Obama's troop withdrawals. The Times thought this was so important they buried...
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The Christmas Gifts Keep Piling Up On The Left
guardian.co.uk - 12/22/2008
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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 ...
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When is a withdrawal not a withdrawal?
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... Meanwhile, Odierno himself, newly annointed as the only true Deciderer by the Three Amigos group of McCain, Lieberman and Graham, has built on his assertions last week that he had ...
Sack Odierno, Send A Message
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... . In his view, US troops should stay in Iraq's cities past the summer 2009 deadline and the 2011 final withdrawal date should be flexible. A few days later the Three Amigos - McCain, Lieberman and Graham - threw their weight behind Odierno in a WaPo op-ed by describing him, rather than Commander-In-Chief Obama, as "the person whose judgment should matter most in determining how fast and how deep a drawdown can be ordered responsibly." Suitably emboldened, ...
Sack Odierno, Send A Message
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... . In his view, US troops should stay in Iraq's cities past the summer 2009 deadline and the 2011 final withdrawal date should be flexible. A few days later the Three Amigos - McCain, Lieberman and Graham - threw their weight behind Odierno in a WaPo op-ed by describing him, rather than Commander-In-Chief Obama, as "the person whose judgment should matter most in determining how fast and how deep a drawdown can be ordered responsibly." Suitably emboldened, ...
The New American Century Has Not Been Cancelled
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... - did so because they felt that the Iraqis would never "stand up" while the U.S. was there to catch them. It was an argument that Obama himself used more than once, saying that the "blank check approach has failed to press Iraq’s leaders to take responsibility for their future". Yet now there's not a whisper of that argument being advanced by these partisan commentators. One wonders whether they and the White House will back assertions that General Odierno is the only true Deciderer if the Maliki government says no. Such a re-negotiation would also pave the way for moving the ...
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