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The Red Pill (Part Two)
mudvillegazette.com - 12/5/2008
The Red Pill (Part Two)
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"On 23 October, we seized it with a two-company assault from the Golden Dragons, and since then it’s been known as Patrol Base Dragon." October 23, 2006 - before "the surge" began. That's from the post-deployment "wrap up" by Colonel Mike Kershaw, commander of the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, ...
online.wsj.com - 12/5/2008
'Muted by Reality'
— online.wsj.com — 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 ... (more) 'Muted by Reality'

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tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com - 12/2/2008
Big News Orgs Help Bush Whitewash History Of Iraq War
— tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com — This really isn't complicated. President Bush was not being "blunt" or showing "candor" when he told ABC... News in an interview published yesterday that his biggest regret was the failure of intelligence in the run-up to the Iraq War. Rather, he ... (more) Big News Orgs Help Bush Whitewash History Of Iraq War

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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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Mudville Gazette: The Red Pill (Part Two)
Victory Caucus -- All Content — On 23 October, we seized it with a two-company assault from the Golden Dragons, and since then it s been known as Patrol Base Dragon. October 23, 2006 - before the surge began. Thats from the post-deployment wrap up by Colonel Mike Kershaw, commander of the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division (Commando). Its become all too common these days to approach declaring everything before the surge as failed in Iraq - in spite of the fact that all of... read ...

Bitter Pills
Jules Crittenden — ... . Another Red Pill . I like this part from Red Pill Part 2: Its become all too common these days to approach declaring everything before the surge as “failed” in Iraq - in spite of the fact that all of the tactics used during the surge were tried and proven in the years prior, in Tal Afar and Qaim and Ramadi and other locations throughout the country, and nowhere had American troops surrendered the battle.“We initially looked at this is a classic counterinsurgency, and we moved in and secured the people. We had several examples we were able to follow and studied the ...

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