iraq surge

McCain Attacks Obama on War Stance

Amidst Barack Obama?s international press tour, presumptive Republican Presidential nominee John McCain has slammed Obama on his poor judgment on the Iraq War on Friday. According to Reuters,...

Obama Grilled on Results of the Surge

Barack Obama may not have fought in an actual war, but he was under some heavy fire yesterday. The New York Times reports that the Democratic candidate was grilled by CBS News on the results of the...

Sadr Admits Failure; Surge Has Worked

If you had any lingering doubts that the Iraq Surge operation has worked, this should be the end of it. Moqtada al-Sadr, who has been the biggest thorn in America's side since the fall of Saddam has...

Who's Your Daddy Now?

Angelina Jolie has stumbled upon the way to turn conservatives into Hollywood-lovers: Write an op-ed suggesting that the Iraq surge is working. Soon after she wrote that, Virginia Rep. Thelma Drake...

The Financial Surge

The media keeps busy beating the “recession-any-minute-now” drums here at home so it’s no wonder they don’t have time to report the good financial news in Iraq. The Other Iraq...

We Need Your Help (Iraq/Surge Edition)

There's quite a lot to be said analyzing, interpreting, even advocating about the 'surge' and what we should be doing or not doing in Iraq. But in the last few days my main attention has gone to...

Iraq Fatigue [Bruce]

Good article in The Guardian this morning about the toll that the Iraq surge is taking on our troops. They are completely exhausted, worn out, and stretched to the breaking point. It is further...

And Now You Know... the Rest of the Story

Michelle Malkin's wrap-up of the Yearly Kos convention was surprisingly dull, possibly because assumed the crowd would be crazier than it was and conservoblogger Rick Moran had to shoot her points...

Good news from Iraq- Surge Edition

The indispensible LT Fishman adapts this week's Fishwrap to focus on the Surge. Surge progress may lead to troop reductions in northern Iraq Sunday, 15 July 2007 BAGHDAD — Now at full strength, the...

White House Spokesman Tony Snow contradicted General Petraeus

Yesterday, White House spokesman Tony Snow is now flatly contradicting General Petraeus, telling reporters that it's basically absurd to think that we'll be able to judge the efficacy of the Iraq...