'Muted by Reality' - Iraq, World

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online.wsj.com - 12/5/2008

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JAMES TARANTO Barack Obama was elected president a month ago and does not take office for another 6 weeks. But his most fervent supporters already have reason to be disappointed in him. Witness the headline of a "news analysis" in today's New York Times : "Campaign Promises on Ending the War in ...

nytimes.com - 12/4/2008

News Analysis: Campaign Promises on Ending the War in Iraq Now Muted by Reality

— nytimes.com — Barack Obama, who vowed in the campaign to “end the war” in Iraq, is making clear that... tens of thousands of troops will stay there. > (more) News Analysis: Campaign Promises on Ending the War in ...

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weeklystandard.com - 12/5/2008

Why Not Baghdad?

— weeklystandard.com — Word on the street is Obama will head to an Arab capital for a major speech in... his first 100 days. I doubt anyone in the United States will care much one way or the other, preoccupied as we are by our own economic problems, but that's not to say such ... (more) Why Not Baghdad?

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juancole.com - 12/7/2008

Obama Taps Shinseki for Veterans Affairs; Ironies Abound

— juancole.com — Barack Obama will put forward retired Gen. Eric Shinseki as Secretary of Veterans Affairs in his cabinet.... . WaPo quoted me: 'Juan Cole, a University of Michigan history professor who writes about the Iraq war and Islam, called Shinseki's ... (more) Obama Taps Shinseki for Veterans Affairs; Ironies Abound

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Instapundit: HEH: Now that Obama has won, we could be in Iraq for a hundred years….

Dean's World: In Iraq for 100 Years

Cold Fury: Revised by reality

Classical Values: Bamboozled

AMERICAN DIGEST: VIA: Wednesday, December 10

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HEH: Now that Obama has won, we could be in Iraq for a hundred years….
Instapundit — HEH: Now that Obama has won, we could be in Iraq for a hundred years.

In Iraq for 100 Years
Dean's World — Obama will probably help make it happen.

Revised by reality
Cold Fury — Well, whaddya know. Looks like the propagandists at the NYT might finally be on board with winning a war a Democrat didn’t initiate. Taranto observes : It is awfully generous of the Times to forgive Obama’s supporters for believing what they read in the Times. It must be said that not everyone is surprised to find Obama’s campaign promises “muted by reality.” Those of us who were paying attention to reality before Nov. 4 never took Obama’s pledge to flee Iraq seriously. Although it is especially repugnant to seek political gain by promising to lose a war, it is also common for ...

Bamboozled
Classical Values — Bamboozled Inspired by Now that Obama has won, we could be in Iraq for a hundred years at the site of that master of political humor ...

VIA: Wednesday, December 10
AMERICAN DIGEST — ... Reality Bites -- Bigtime. "It is awfully generous of the Times to forgive Obama's supporters for believing what they read in the Times." 'Muted by Reality' - WSJ.com ...