Obama hasn't been to Iraq since January 2006, before the Golden Mosque bombing by al Qaeda. A lot has happened since then. Last Monday, John McCain invited Obama to join him on his upcoming visit to Iraq. The Obama campaign flatly rejected the offer. ...
What I'm critical of is the absence of a federal policy designed to strengthen the U.S. automotive sector and manufacturing general. More below the fold... A comment like this should hurt conservative ears like fingernails to a chalkboard. To put it ...
The strategic goal of the United States in Iraq remains a unified, democratic and federal Iraq that can govern, defend and sustain itself and is an ally in the war on terror. This report measures progress towards, and setbacks from, achieving that goal ...
There are clearer signs that Iraq is becoming less violent, perhaps sustainably so. Civilian casualties are one measure for gauging the success or failure of a counterinsurgency operation, and they have dropped for the third consecutive month. (Hat ...
This is my only front-page post at Redstate in support of a Republican candidate for the nomination. John McCain has little to no chance of getting nominated, but I'm supporting him anyway. My reasons are backing him are a combination of things, having ...
To start with, let's look at the numbers (courtesy of Engram), and they are based on data from the Iraqi Coalition Casualty Count. To be consistent, they're from the same source as the ones I used during a tough month. In September, civilian ...
But first, let's start with the title of this recent Los Angeles Times article: Petraeus admits to rise in Iraq violence. The message that the reporter and her editors are sending to their readers is that they know the "truth", and Petraeus was ...
First off, I'm getting the graphical information from Engram here and here, and the numbers are based on the Iraq Coalition Casualty Count which, from what I've seen, has the best available data. In the last three months, we've been at full manpower ...
But still tough. June was the first month when U.S. forces were fully manned and operational, and it marked the beginning of Operation Phantom Thunder, which started June 16th. But first, the numbers. Civilian casualties in Baghdad are down. The ...
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