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2007-04-22 Home Front: Politix

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Posted by Bobby 2007-04-22 07:57|| || Front Page|| [10 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Almost worth a flying pig.

Posted by DarthVader">DarthVader 2007-04-22 08:53|| 2007-04-22 08:53|| Front Page Top

#2 front page - same article - San Diego Union Trib... how did this escape The Embargo?

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2007-04-22 09:48|| 2007-04-22 09:48|| Front Page Top

#3 Y'all sure this isn't just the "Token Good News" to justify returning to the normal bashing?

Posted by Redneck Jim 2007-04-22 10:09|| 2007-04-22 10:09|| Front Page Top

#4 Hope you're wrong RJim but I fear you're right.

Posted by Shipman">Shipman 2007-04-22 10:19|| 2007-04-22 10:19|| Front Page Top

#5 Maybe we should apply the "repeaters" test, see if more "Good News" pops up in (Say) a week or so, don't cheer until it repeats.

Actions speak louder than words.

Posted by Redneck Jim 2007-04-22 10:35|| 2007-04-22 10:35|| Front Page Top

#6 the quote Bobby expected to be on page 96 is on page 20, 2nd column

the Iraq story is the only thing on pg 20

Posted by mhw 2007-04-22 11:42|| 2007-04-22 11:42|| Front Page Top

#7 Was also in the Austin Statesman and included only 7 paragraphs! All details left out.

Gen. David H. Petraeus, the top U.S. commander in Iraq, said the ongoing increase of nearly 30,000 U.S. troops in the country has achieved "modest progress" but has also met with setbacks such as a rise in devastating suicide bombings and other problems that leave uncertain whether his counterinsurgency strategy will ultimately succeed.

Now, did Gen Petraeus say there are problems that leave uncertain whether his countersurgency strategy will ultimately succeed, or is this author conjecture?

Posted by Sherry">Sherry 2007-04-22 12:14|| 2007-04-22 12:14|| Front Page Top

#8 Sherry! You know the answer to that one!

Good catch, nevertheless...

Posted by Bobby 2007-04-22 13:26|| 2007-04-22 13:26|| Front Page Top

#9 If today's WaPo had been reporting WWII's Marianas Turkey Shoot, they whould ahve called it "Mixed Results".

i.e. This must be a spectacular victory if WaPo calls it "mixed results".

Al

Posted by Frozen Al 2007-04-22 13:48|| 2007-04-22 13:48|| Front Page Top

#10 A "mixed result" in Washington is pretty much illustrated by them getting a ML baseball team (finally) but it sucks big time (as usual). So they know one when they see one. A "mixed result" is having a John McCain (hero) in the same Senate as Harry Reid (cockroach). A "mixed result" is having Nancy Pelosi (certified idiot) acting as if Petraeus (another hero) is contaminated with Bushpetitis.

Posted by Jack is Back!">Jack is Back! 2007-04-22 14:13|| 2007-04-22 14:13|| Front Page Top

#11 I didn't get past the Petraeus comment about the need for Iraqi political reconciliation as a prerequisite to success. That gives me a sick feeling.

I could be very wrong, but I don't think the political stuff he refers to (incl. hydrocarbons law, de-Ba'athification issues, etc.) will have one iota of impact on the security situation in the near or mid terms. Not one iota. The people fighting us (the crucial majority, at least) and the Iraqi govt. and cooperating with AQ Iraq, etc., do so for a myriad of reasons (all bad, not all equally irrational), NONE of which cross at any point with the issues in question.

Vicious wars end through victory and defeat, not reconciliation. Gross generalization, but get granular in Iraq and I doubt you'll find much to contradict the basic point. The folks most interested in the political issues mentioned are not the ones who are the problem.

Posted by Verlaine 2007-04-22 14:21|| 2007-04-22 14:21|| Front Page Top

#12 To me the most important sentence in the article is :"Iraq is going to have to learn -- as did, say, Northern Ireland -- to live with some degree of sensational attacks."

Posted by RWV 2007-04-22 19:31|| 2007-04-22 19:31|| Front Page Top

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