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President Bush’s decision to preemptively attack Iraq is proving to be an unmitigated success. Though the going has been much more difficult than anyone envisioned and the cost painfully high, winning in Iraq has tipped the war on terror in our favor. Iraq will never be a haven for terrorists or supply our enemies with weapons [...]
Posted by Jerry Pomeroy as Campaign 2008, Media, Video, War in Iraq at 3:34 PM UTC
The United States and Iran are on a collision course in a contest for hegemony in Iraq and the Middle East. Both sides know the stakes could hardly be higher. American success in Iraq would thwart Iranian political, military, and nuclear ambitions and threaten the continuance of Iran’s fundamentalist Islamic regime. American failure, especially if [...]
Posted by Jerry Pomeroy as Campaign 2008, War in Iraq at 3:29 PM UTC
Following testimony by General David Petraeus and U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Ryan Crocker before two Senate Committees, President Bush today charted the nation’s war course for at least the next year. The surge troops will be coming home but further troop reductions are unlikely, meaning that about 140,000 American military personnel will remain in Iraq. All [...]
Posted by Jerry Pomeroy as War in Iraq at 2:23 PM UTC
Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki “in effect declared war on Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr’s Mahdi Army, saying he’d fight the militia ‘to the end’ and never negotiate,” according to McClatchy Newspapers’ Leila Fadel. Maliki’s message was clear, saying “the government does not negotiate with a gang; the government does not sign memorandums of understanding with [...]
Posted by Jerry Pomeroy as War in Iraq at 1:36 PM UTC
The headlines appeared in peculiar juxtaposition. “Pelosi calls Iraq a failure…surge was a bust” was immediately followed by “al Qaeda in Iraq in ‘total collapse’ say seized letters.” You’ve got to love Matt Drudge’s sense of irony.
Of course, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi was not the first to declare defeat in Iraq, a distinction belonging to [...]
Posted by Jerry Pomeroy as Politics, Video, War in Iraq at 4:23 PM UTC
In a startling turnaround, the Senate Majority Leader hinted even he has noticed a positive change in Iraq. Interviewed on Jim Lehrer’s Newsmaker program December 21, Democratic Senator Harry Reid grudgingly acknowledged “the surge certainly hasn’t hurt. It’s helped. I recognize that.” Faint praise to be sure, but nonetheless quite an adjustment from his declaration eight months ago ”that this war [...]
Posted by Jerry Pomeroy as Campaign 2008, Politics, War in Iraq at 4:26 PM UTC
Posted by Jerry Pomeroy as Politics, War in Iraq at 3:33 PM UTC