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Afghanistan Accountability #2

December 9, 2009 By hubspoke

A few days ago I said here that someone should record and check current claims by the Obama Administration about what the Afghanistan troop surge will accomplish against reality at intervals of 1, 1.5 and 2 years. Gen. McChrystal helped us … [Read more...]

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Afghanistan Accountability

December 3, 2009 By hubspoke

Is somebody recording the statements this week of Obama, Clinton, Gates and Mullen about how the troop surge will work? The latter three made specific statements today before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on the beneficial impacts … [Read more...]

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Do you think the surge worked? Care to watch a video from Baghdad?

August 5, 2008 By John Tehan

Part 2:  Killing Fields Part 3:  Iraq's Lost Generation Chilling words at the end, and I have to agree - the real tragedy of Iraq is what will unfold when this generation grows up... … [Read more...]

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U.S. Army Sergeants Talk About Iraq

August 21, 2007 By theopensociety

Today's NYT has an op-ed piece written by seven U.S. Army sergeants who are serving in Iraq.  Basically, they talk about what a mess the place is and how we are not helping to make it better.  I have already noticed a drum beat … [Read more...]

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Dear Jon

June 30, 2007 By HeartlandDem

I know it's a slow news weekend with people paying more attention to the grill and fireworks, but what gives?  Your blog entitled "Your Taxes at Work" [http://wbztv.com/kel...] is really short on substance and does not provide a … [Read more...]

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My kingdom for a frame. . . .

February 21, 2007 By shack

I am all for Congress sinking its teeth into the problem, keeping the pressure on, and finding a way to minimize U.S. losses.  I agree that the situation has been destablized by the U.S. invasion and further violence will ensue with or … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: bush, iraq, nie, surge, withdrawal

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