Article

2007-08-22 Home Front: Politix

Archived material is restricted to Rantburg regulars and members. If you need access email fred.pruitt=at=gmail.com with your nick to be added to the members list. There is no charge to join Rantburg as a member.

Posted by Fred 2007-08-22 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11136 views ] Top
File under: Iraqi Insurgency

#1 O'Bama: No Votes ~~Military Solution in Iraq~~ For Me

There, fixed that.

Posted by Zenster">Zenster 2007-08-22 01:05|| 2007-08-22 01:05|| Front Page Top

#2 Back to the minors with ya, buddy. Ya don't pack the gear...

Posted by tu3031 2007-08-22 02:10|| 2007-08-22 02:10|| Front Page Top

#3 "...leaders are not reconciling. They are not achieving political benchmarks. The only thing they seem to have agreed on is to take a vacation."

Iraqi Parliment or American Congress?

Posted by Bobby 2007-08-22 06:50|| 2007-08-22 06:50|| Front Page Top

#4 All of our top military commanders recognize that there is no military solution in Iraq
What the hell has he been smoking?
The surge is working and the Dems are getting desparate, trying to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory.

Posted by Spot">Spot 2007-08-22 08:13|| 2007-08-22 08:13|| Front Page Top

#5 No military solution west of the Mississippi (circa 1830).

Posted by Procopius2k 2007-08-22 08:47|| 2007-08-22 08:47|| Front Page Top

#6 Obama has convinced me! Convinced me that I could never, ever vote for him, that is.

If he can find time between stupid statements, I suggest he read "The Pentagon's New Map". Not only will it count as one of his nine books, it will help him understand the whole point of being in Iraq.

Posted by SteveS 2007-08-22 09:13|| 2007-08-22 09:13|| Front Page Top

#7 Must have been "Open Mike' nite @ the 'V'.....

Posted by USN, Ret. 2007-08-22 13:53|| 2007-08-22 13:53|| Front Page Top

#8 Military: No O'Bama solution in White House.

-how do you like that you cheese d*ck.

Posted by Broadhead6 2007-08-22 14:32|| 2007-08-22 14:32|| Front Page Top

#9 She said the tactics of the short-term troop increase were working but political progress did not seem to be in sight...

She's correct (much to my chagrin). There can be no progress until we remove Islam from the Iraqi political equation. What we have at the moment is a never ending battle to see which faction of Islam is the most Islamic--such a standoff guarantees that Iraq will remain firmly stuck in the 7th century.

Posted by Crusader 2007-08-22 16:10|| 2007-08-22 16:10|| Front Page Top

#10 NPR reported during the evening rush hour report that the Surge is working.

Posted by trailing wife 2007-08-22 19:45|| 2007-08-22 19:45|| Front Page Top

#11 Jeebus, TW. I hope you'd either pulled to the side to hear that, or (if like Atlanta rush-hour traffic), you were just sittin' still.

And, I hope you made tea-time too.

Posted by BA 2007-08-22 19:55|| 2007-08-22 19:55|| Front Page Top

#12 It was rather a shock, BA, but a nice one. And right after that the cars ahead sped up, so perhaps they were listening all to the report, too. After all, the reports have been coming thick and fast, lately -- even the Washington Post has noticed, according to the article GolfBravoUSMC posted this morning. We may be winning the battle for the home front, finally.

Posted by trailing wife 2007-08-22 20:52|| 2007-08-22 20:52|| Front Page Top

#13 I think it's just become SO obvious that the surge is winning that they can't ignore it anymore. Either that, or they're hedging bets, so that they can say they were behind the surge before it was behind them.

Posted by BA 2007-08-22 22:37|| 2007-08-22 22:37|| Front Page Top

#14 If Izzat Ibrahim is really changing sides that's the turnng point. The second half will probably be as awful as the first half, but in reverse.

Posted by Fred O'Grunion 2007-08-22 23:26|| 2007-08-22 23:26|| Front Page Top

23:26 Fred O'Grunion
23:04 GK
22:42 BA
22:41 Zenster
22:40 Zenster
22:37 BA
22:14 Red Dawg
22:12 Zenster
22:11 Barbara Skolaut
22:09 Gary and the Samoyeds
22:07 Zenster
22:04 Zenster
22:02 Frank G
21:58 twobyfour
21:57 Zenster
21:54 Red Dawg
21:51 twobyfour
21:44 SteveS
21:37 Red Dawg
21:33 Red Dawg
21:31 SteveS
21:30 Zenster
21:20 SteveS
21:17 Zenster