More like this, please:... [More]
February 6, 2008
February 9, 2008
Worth Your Attention
A few things that are worth your attention as we all await the results from today's primaries.... + I mentioned this a few days back, but it is worth highlighting... [More]
February 11, 2008
Today's Must Read Post
To much to summarize. Just go read TPM\ here. Here's the takeaway from the NYT: The Army is accustomed to protecting classified information. But when it comes to the planning... [More]
McCain 08: Like Hope, But Different
This is brilliant: Send it to everyone you know.... [More]
Another Reason I Think McCain's Campaign Is Doomed To Fail
AFP: The 157,000-strong US force in the insurgency-wracked country is currently on track to come down from 19 brigades to 15 by July, a reduction of at least 20,000 troops... [More]
February 13, 2008
"A continuous but slow withdrawal"
OK, this is really getting stupid now. Mowaffaq al-Rubaie, Iraq’s national security adviser, has called for the US to continue "a continuous but slow withdrawal." Nevertheless, for some reason most... [More]
February 14, 2008
McClatchy: Is violence on the rise again in Iraq?
I've said it before and I will no doubt have to say it again: McCain has irrevocably tied his candidacy to the Surge. If it fails, so too will he.... [More]
February 20, 2008
Ricks: Iraq Still a 'Fiasco'
Spencer Ackerman provides a thorough - and thoroughly depressing - take on the latest news out of Iraq. Ackerman spent part of yesterday listening to a presentation by Tom Ricks,... [More]
Lessons Learned?
A gem from Atrios: Fox News's Special Report yesterday: GOLER: The president says it's better that African nations deal with African problems. White soldiers in Darfur, he believes, would be... [More]
February 23, 2008
Meanwhile, In Basra....
NYT: BASRA, Iraq -- This southern port city has been, in effect, on its own since September, when British forces here moved to the outskirts, yielding authority to local leaders.... [More]
February 27, 2008
Meanwhile, In Iraq....
Four important stories out of Iraq today, all courtesy of McClatchy. Political progress appears to have completely stalled. Our $740 million embassy is a contracting mess. Turkey and Kurdistan continue... [More]
A Guvenator Smack-Down!
SFGate / BalloonJuice Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger told Bush administration officials Monday that he is tired of the Pentagon treating the California National Guard like a stepchild by using its equipment... [More]
But He Surely Knows Better! Or Not, Depending...
This post from Joe Klein deserved a response. Most of it I agree with, but this conclusion is nonsense: The sadness here is that McCain knows better. He knows the... [More]
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