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Today's Fresh Blogs...| Surge Derangement Syndrome Grips MSM and Liberals |
| Published: August 10, 2007, 9:04 am |
| Tags: Iraq, David Petraeus, Surge, Journalistic Issues |
| he would believe General David Petraeus if he reported that the "so-called surge" is working: REID: No, I don't believe him, because it's not happening. All you have to do is look at the facts. Well, as we do look at the facts that the surge is working, the MSM and the liberals are showing more signs of severe SDS. Some of these |
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| Bad Timing and Calendar Power on the 'New Way Forward' |
| Published: August 24, 2007, 12:09 am |
| Tags: Iraq, General David Petraeus, Ryan Crocker |
| hearing on how well General David Petraeus thinks the temporary escalation of U.S. troops is doing to stabilize what used to be Iraq. Having heard that the general might make his presentation to Congress that day, Nancy Pelosi is objecting, according to Mike Viqueira of MSNBC, who noted that "sources" in the Speaker’s office say she views |
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| Progress |
| Published: August 24, 2007, 11:12 pm |
| Tags: Ayad Allawi, Nouri Al Maliki, Iraq, David Petraeus |
| this when the Petraeus White House report comes 'round in a few weeks. While the adminstration is doing its damnedest to move the goalposts on the goals of the escalation, this was the stated goal, from Bush himself: When this happens, daily life will improve, Iraqis will gain confidence in their leaders, and the government will have |
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| Pentagon Gives Up; Hands War Over to Bush |
| Published: August 30, 2007, 2:02 am |
| Tags: Pentagon, Department Of Defense, Surge, George W Bush, Iraq War, Robert Gates, David Petraeus, Failed Leadership, Recommended, Front Paged |
| [Promoted from the Diaries by Meteor Blades.] Mark it down. August 29, 2007. That’s the day the Pentagon announced it was done being responsible for Mr. Bush’s waste of lives, time, and money in Iraq. Tonight, the Defense Department has essentially told the President, "Thanks for the war, George, |
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| Bad Timing and Calendar Power on the 'New Way Forward' |
| Published: August 24, 2007, 12:09 am |
| Tags: Iraq, David Petraeus, Ryan Crocker |
| hearing on how well General David Petraeus thinks the temporary escalation of U.S. troops is doing to stabilize what used to be Iraq. Having heard that the general might make his presentation to Congress that day, Nancy Pelosi is objecting, according to Mike Viqueira of MSNBC, who noted that "sources" in the Speaker’s office say she views |
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| Interview with General Petraeus |
| Published: August 31, 2007, 12:04 pm |
| Tags: Iraq, Terrorism, Ryan Crocker, David Petraeus, Diyala, Al Qaeda, Anbar, Counterinsurgency, Islamists |
| interview with General David Petraeus. In the interview, Petraeus says that sectarian violence has significantly decreased and the increased American troop presence has Al Qaeda on the run.David Petraeus, the top US commander in Iraq, said the build-up of American forces in Baghdad since late January had produced positive outcomes. These |
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| Another great report from Wesley Morgan |
| Published: August 18, 2007, 8:52 pm |
| Tags: Iraq, David Petraeus, Alberto Gonzales, Wesley Morgan, Embedded Journalists, Baghdad |
| about following General David Petraeus as he visits several bases and outposts around Baghdad. He also got to sit in on a meeting between Petraeus and Attorney General Alberto Gonzales (who was visiting Iraq last Saturday). It's a bit long, but it's definitely worth the read if you're at all interested in the American troop presence in |
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| Iraq: A 75% Drop In Killing If You Don't Count The Bodies |
| Published: September 1, 2007, 9:06 am |
| Tags: Iraq, David Petraeus, Tony Snow, George W Bush |
| up. So where did Gen. Petraeus come up with his number? In all of 2006, there were 16,564 reported (emphasis on reported) civilian deaths, and in the first eight months of 2007, there has been 14,732 deaths. So, civilian deaths are down about 11%...but there are four months left in the year. Or was Gen. Petraeus comparing |
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| The White House's Iraq Stats and Reality |
| Published: September 1, 2007, 2:59 pm |
| Tags: Iraq War, Escalation, Surge, David Petraeus |
| in the run-up to General David Petraeus's congressionally required report on the splurge of blood and bucks that Fred Kagan engineered late last year. Engineered (with others, such as retired General Jack Keane) to give the Cheney-Bush administration cover for ignoring 95% of the Iraq Study Group's suggestions for dealing with the debacle |
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| Another General in the running for Vice President? |
| Published: September 4, 2007, 11:23 pm |
| Tags: Vice President, David Petraeus |
| Club, that Fred Thompson and David Petraeus might be the ticket to save the Republicans in 2008. Petraeus is still working in Iraq and Kristol is touting him as a possible candidate for Vice President, unreal!I think it is unlikely that either Franks or Petraueus will get the nod for Vice President on the GOP ticket, Secretary of State in a GOP |
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| The Season of Reports |
| Published: September 6, 2007, 5:28 am |
| Tags: Tony Snow, Geoff Morrell, George W Bush, David Petraeus, Ryan Crocker, Iraq, Gao Report, Jones Report |
| they will hear from General Petraeus and Ambassador Crocker, who know better than anybody else what the current state of affairs is on the ground in Iraq. And from the White House: MR. SNOW: There are a number of reports coming out...It's a season of reports. But we are certainly looking forward to hearing from the General who is in charge |
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| Petraeus Says Maybe 4000 Can Come Home in January |
| Published: September 7, 2007, 12:11 am |
| Tags: Iraq, David Petraeus, John Warner |
| Times is reporting: Gen. David H. Petraeus, the top American commander in Iraq, has told President Bush that he wants to maintain heightened troop levels in Iraq well into next year to reduce the risk of military setbacks, but could accept the pullback of roughly 4,000 troops beginning in January, in part to assuage critics in Congress, |
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| Washington Times Gets Pwned, Takes Conservative Blogosphere With Them |
| Published: September 7, 2007, 5:43 pm |
| Tags: Iraq, Iraq War, Surge, David Petraeus |
| White House, and not General Petraeus. No kidding. The outrage kicked into gear yesterday when The Washington Times published this piece, which accused Dem leaders such as Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi of seeking to "undermine" Petraeus' credibility by calling the forthcoming assessment the "Bush report." The piece was linked on Drudge and a |
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| Operation Flaming Enron |
| Published: September 7, 2007, 3:45 pm |
| Tags: Iraq, Iraq War, Surge, Gen David Petraeus |
| wisdom." This is on top of Petraeus asserting that religious and ethnic murders had dropped by 75%, in spite of all other gathered numbers on the planet showing such deaths to be either steady or increasing, and after learning that where the bullet lands in the brain of an Iraqi civilian will determine whether their death will be counted as |
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| Shifting Goalposts Dept: Now Petraeus Report Won't Be Written Report |
| Published: September 7, 2007, 6:41 pm |
| Tags: War, Iraq, Surge, Gen Petraeus, Bush Administration, General David Petraeus |
| to the ongoing saga over the Petraeus [...] |
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