ace.mu.nu - 11/30/2008
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Friedman: Iraq’s Triumphs are Obama’s Triumphs
The Sundries Shack —
... predators who would have enslaved them anew. With very few exceptions, Democrats deserve no credit for any success we see now in Iraq or will see there in the future, Friedman’s apple-polishing notwithstanding. The best thing Barack Obama can do right now is to continue on the course that President Bush and our able commanders in Iraq have set us. The best thing Thomas Friedman can do is to write for a beat that better suits his intellectual honesty. I suggest the funny pages. Ace’s comments on the left’s dishonesty is worth reading as well. ...
Friedman: Iraq Could Positively Tilt Arab World...Thanks to Obama
NewsBusters.org - Exposing Liberal Media Bias —
... New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman, "Obama and the Democrats could not only end the Iraq war but salvage something positive from it" (h/t Ace, file photo): ...
As Expected, the New York Times Tries to Give Obama and Liberals Credit for Iraq Success
Wizbang —
... on the left who long derided those of us who wanted to secure victory as "28-percenters," "warmongers" and "murderers" want to try to rewrite history. The Times and their fellow travelers long to rewrite their moral cowardice as a virtue, and give themselves a victory by declaration. Yep, that's how the Democrats work, isn't it? Not only do they let others do all the work but they also criticize along the way. Then when it's all said and done, they try to take all the credit. Ace weighed in on this today as well: The general pattern here is that after years of calling more ...
Monday morning links
Maggie's Farm —
... The Tuna Tragedy of the Commons David Warren: My Father. It made me wonder what it's like to grow up without a Dad, or with a dysfunctional Dad. Strange meal. What wine(s) should you have served for Thanksgiving? Prof B QandO: ... in terms of real foreign policy experience, Clinton's resume is as slim as Obama's. Ace: ... after years of calling more or less explicitly for a cleansing defeat in Iraq, liberals are beginning to make the case that we ...
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