tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8356601405469434111.post4471338618866783489..comments2024-01-01T19:49:13.788-08:00Comments on The Vigil: How Are We Measuring Progress in Iraq?Vigilantehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07640246609540057997noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8356601405469434111.post-34278667737699535432008-01-25T18:41:00.000-08:002008-01-25T18:41:00.000-08:00If we stopped the money spigot, it would mean the ...If we stopped the money spigot, it would mean the end of such statements.<br><br>With the economy going into recession, the country is going to rapidly lose patience with an army that assumes it can interminably suck the treasury dry, no questions asked.No. 44noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8356601405469434111.post-80685502028259722182008-01-25T18:36:00.000-08:002008-01-25T18:36:00.000-08:00Time to dredge up the Iraq perpetual calendar once...Time to dredge up the Iraq perpetual calendar once more.No. 44noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8356601405469434111.post-43261862510566854612008-01-24T04:59:00.000-08:002008-01-24T04:59:00.000-08:00Beach Bum,Couldn't agree with you more:"T...Beach Bum,<br><br>Couldn't agree with you more:<br><br>"This is a nice time bomb for the next president."HILLBLOGGERhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05977843513566589811noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8356601405469434111.post-8380415342093080762008-01-23T17:57:00.000-08:002008-01-23T17:57:00.000-08:00Progress for Bush is just getting his ass out of t...Progress for Bush is just getting his ass out of the White House before the house of cards of Iraq falls apart. Yes, moving troops out into the countryside taking a cop-on-the-street approach can help but unless I've missed something the Iraqi politicians have yet to address important matters that the Shites, Sunnis, and Kurds must settle to bring any resolution to the situation. This is a nice time bomb for the next president.<br><br>Petreaus moving to Brussels? Makes sense in a way.Beach Bumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11000824454124236774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8356601405469434111.post-44325481354823249702008-01-23T08:24:00.000-08:002008-01-23T08:24:00.000-08:00So the official case for staying longer is so that...So the official case for staying longer is so that we can see later if we're finished now?!Urban Pinkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02556606553132406807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8356601405469434111.post-21438458395153050862008-01-23T07:11:00.000-08:002008-01-23T07:11:00.000-08:00The Center for Public Integrity has published a st...The <a href="http://www.publicintegrity.org/default.aspx" rel="nofollow" rel="nofollow">Center for Public Integrity</a> has published a study finding that:<br><br><br><i>'President George W. Bush and seven of his administration's top officials, including Vice President Dick Cheney, National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice, and Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, made at least 935 false statements in the two years following September 11, 2001, about the national security threat posed by Saddam Hussein's Iraq. Nearly five years after the U.S. invasion of Iraq, an exhaustive examination of the record shows that the statements were part of an orchestrated campaign that effectively galvanized public opinion and, in the process, led the nation to war under decidedly false pretenses.<br><br> On at least 532 separate occasions (in speeches, briefings, interviews, testimony, and the like), Bush and these three key officials, along with Secretary of State Colin Powell, Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz, and White House press secretaries Ari Fleischer and Scott McClellan, stated unequivocally that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction (or was trying to produce or obtain them), links to Al Qaeda, or both. This concerted effort was the underpinning of the Bush administration's case for war. '</i>Indicted Plagiaristhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03350595989619745600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8356601405469434111.post-41961241222573881882008-01-23T07:10:00.000-08:002008-01-23T07:10:00.000-08:00Reuters: The Pentagon sought on Tuesday to cool ta...<a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/politicsNews/idUSN2253943420080123" rel="nofollow" rel="nofollow">Reuters</a>: The Pentagon sought on Tuesday to cool talk about future assignments for Army Gen. David Petraeus, the U.S. commander in Iraq, following reports he was a candidate for the top NATO command post.Indicted Plagiaristhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03350595989619745600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8356601405469434111.post-35456829370034750222008-01-23T06:01:00.000-08:002008-01-23T06:01:00.000-08:00as we say, ain't over till it's over.boris...as we say, ain't over till it's over.<br><br>boris, is that right? Patreaus is headed here?HILLBLOGGERhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05977843513566589811noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8356601405469434111.post-55239122539217960842008-01-22T22:18:00.000-08:002008-01-22T22:18:00.000-08:00Petreaus? He's guaranteed a safe exit from Ira...Petreaus? He's guaranteed a safe exit from Iraq. He's got his ticket to Brussels already punched. He's going to be NATO's boss. He doesn't give a shit. Iraq may be FUBAR, but the General is singing FIGMO!Borishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13887019984342458931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8356601405469434111.post-89144251095795797532008-01-22T21:22:00.000-08:002008-01-22T21:22:00.000-08:00You have clearly found failure at every turn.You have clearly found failure at every turn.the WIZARD, fkaphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18171655256407149176noreply@blogger.com