thenation.com - 11/20/2008
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In 2006, when the Democrats recaptured the House and Senate, there wasn't any doubt about the antiwar mandate. That election was widely seen as a referendum on the Iraq War, and the new Democratic majority felt empowered by it. In 2008, though, it isn't so clear. According to voter surveys and ...
online.wsj.com - 11/20/2008
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online.wsj.com —
WASHINGTON -- President-elect Barack Obama is facing an
early confrontation with the Pentagon over the hot-button issue...
of how fast to withdraw U.S. forces from Iraq, with some senior officers arguing for a slower drawdown. Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman ...
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Pentagon Wary of Fast Iraq Withdrawal
gatewaypundit.blogspot.com - 11/20/2008
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gatewaypundit.blogspot.com —
Terrific! Thanks to the Leftists at Think Progress
for pointing this out. White House press secretary Dana...
Perino today told the gaggle in DC that the conditions are such now that we are able to celebrate the victory that we've had so far. Of ...
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White House Declares Strategic VICTORY IN IRAQ! (Video)
change.gov - 11/19/2008
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change.gov —
The Obama-Biden Plan Barack Obama and Joe Biden
will responsibly end the war in Iraq so that...
we can renew our military strength, dedicate more resources to the fight against the Taliban and al Qaeda in Afghanistan, and invest in our economy at home. ...
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Iraq | Change.gov: The Obama-Biden Transition Team
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Tomgram: A Consumer's Paradise of War
TomDispatch —
... that, should Obama continue to push for his two brigades a month draw-down, a civilian-military "conflict is inevitable," and might, as the Nation's Robert Dreyfuss suggests, even lead to an Obama "showdown" with the military high command in his first weeks in office. ...
Tom Engelhardt: Stuff Happens: The Pentagon's Argument of Last Resort on Iraq
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
... that, should Obama continue to push for his two brigades a month draw-down, a civilian-military "conflict is inevitable," and might, as the Nation's Robert Dreyfuss suggests, even lead to an Obama "showdown" with the military high command in his first weeks in office. ...
Stuff Happens: The Pentagon's Argument of Last Resort on Iraq
Antiwar.com Original —
... that, should Obama continue to push for his two brigades a month draw-down, a civilian-military "conflict is inevitable," and might, as the Nation's Robert Dreyfuss suggests, even lead to an Obama "showdown" with the military high command in his first weeks in office. In a nutshell, the Pentagon's argument couldn't be simpler or more red-bloodedly American: We have too much stuff to leave Iraq any time soon. In war, as in peace, we're trapped by our own profligacy. We are the Neiman Marcus and the Wal-Mart of combat. Where we go, our "stuff" goes with us in such ...
Stuff Happens
The Latest on Air America —
... that, should Obama push for a two-brigades-a-month draw-down, a civilian-military "conflict is inevitable," and might, as the Nation's Robert Dreyfuss suggests, even lead to an Obama "showdown" with the military high command in his first weeks in office. In a nutshell, the Pentagon's argument couldn't be simpler or more red-bloodedly American: We have too much stuff to leave Iraq any time soon. In war, as in peace, we're trapped by our own profligacy. We are the Neiman Marcus and the Wal-Mart of combat. Where we go, our "stuff" goes with us -- in such prodigious ...
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