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I wonder if it occurred to Keith Bradsher that his extremely precise, minute-by-minute accounts of the locations of the security forces trying to free the hostages in the Chabad House in Mumbai provided very useful tactical information for any ...

From JAMES S. ROBBINS, The Corner,  30 Nov 2008

Al-Sadr's Demands

Muqtada al-Sadr is very clever, making firey demands that the US agree to conditions for the status of forces agreement that both sides had pretty much agreed on anyway. It's like if the GOP started demanding that the President-elect come up with plans ...

From JAMES S. ROBBINS, The Corner,  17 Nov 2008

2010 = 1994

That is, if the Republicans have any strategic sense at all. They should start working tomorrow to come up with the next election plan. The Democrats are going to overreach in 2009, they won't be able to help it. I think Obama is smarter, more ...

From JAMES S. ROBBINS, The Corner,  5 Nov 2008

For What It's Worth

Ohio update: The good news — projected data trends since 9:45 pm show McCain winning Ohio by 28000 votes. The bad news — Cleveland has yet to report significantly. The good news — it doesn't matter. Or is that the bad news? ...

From JAMES S. ROBBINS, The Corner,  4 Nov 2008

Ohio?

I don't want to hold out false hopes or anything but the numbers in Ohio are getting tighter. Since the projections are based on exit polls and not reality that is very interesting. McCain has reduced the gap by 23% in the last 10% of precincts ...

From JAMES S. ROBBINS, The Corner,  4 Nov 2008

Still Undecided

The latest IBD-TIPP tracking poll has an interesting datum. All other measures aside, the people without party affiliation are tied at 38%, with 24% undecided. That supports the idea that the election will be decided towards the end, maybe even in the ...

From JAMES S. ROBBINS, The Corner,  16 Oct 2008

Thunder Run 2

First there was the Thunder Run through Baghdad. Now another intrepid band will make a foray deep into an adversary's urban enclave. This time it is the Vets for McCain motorcycle ride through Philadelphia, Sunday October 26. The ride starts at 1008 ...

From JAMES S. ROBBINS, The Corner,  16 Oct 2008

Red-Letter Day for the Post

Democrat Barack Obama continues to argue that only the systematic withdrawal of U.S. combat units will force Iraqi leaders to compromise. Yet the empirical evidence of the past year suggests the opposite: that only the greater security produced and ...

From JAMES S. ROBBINS, The Corner,  26 Sep 2008

A Victory in Iraq

Critics of the Surge strategy in Iraq like to point out the lack of political progress in the country, such as the failure of Iraq's parliament to pass a provincial election law. Well, they just passed it. What can the critics complain about now, I ...

From JAMES S. ROBBINS, The Corner,  24 Sep 2008

Nuclear Policy Meltdown

No big surprise that North Korea is restarting its nuclear reprocessing plant at Yongbyon. In September 2005 the North pledged to abandon its nuclear program, then tested a nuclear weapon in October 2006. In February 2007 we reached a deal that they ...

From JAMES S. ROBBINS, The Corner,  24 Sep 2008

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