Sunday’s quickly slipping away and there’s still much to do. Taking a quick break to watch a bit of football and scan through some bloggers. We’ll start with a well-written post from an Iraq War veteran, analyzing the big picture of Iraq..
Factoring the troop surge into a failed war in Iraq
I keep hearing of the recent success stories in Iraq that are attributed to the surge. Of course President Bush will capitalize on this temporary phenomenon with his usual optimism that his plan for Iraq will be successful — whether he actually believes it or not. His allies in Congress will continue to tout the so called progress along with the Republican presidential candidates going into the 2008 election — provided it lasts long enough. One thing I’m sure about is that now more than ever we as Americans need to [...]
Iraq, though, does look pretty good, when you compare it to Pakistan…
Crisis in Pakistan leaves Bush admin with ‘nightmare’ scenario
For several years, the Bush White House has said “stability” in the Middle East is a misguided foreign policy goal. The president’s vision demanded that transformative democracies spread throughout the region, and that maintaining stability does little more than tolerate dictatorships. It made for pleasant rhetoric, but the administration never really meant a word of it. [...]
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