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Victory in Anbar

Submitted by J Rupp, Sep 6, 2008 17:33

This war was mendacious, unnecessary, planned badly, undermanned, and finally, years later, the Administration tacitly admits it was wrong and sends in more troops--and the neocons who were and are responsible for the whole mess claim this last bit as a triumph! The gall!


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This war was mendacious, unnecessary, planned badly, undermanned, and finally, years later, the Administration tacitly admits it was wrong and...

J Rupp 

Sep 6, 2008 17:33

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Hugh McCormack 

Sep 5, 2008 08:52

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Hugh McCormack 

Sep 4, 2008 12:37

I have read a couple of articles that finally reveal the truth about how the decision was made to go... [MORE]

Bryan 

Sep 3, 2008 00:49

If a fox is killing your chickens do you ignore the wolf lurking in the woods? Such was the question... [MORE]

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Sep 2, 2008 22:12

PS... and if I remember correctly didn't Senator Charles Rangel from New York suggest we needed more troops in Iraq... [MORE]

John Doe 

Sep 2, 2008 21:43

The surge was one success weighted against a 100 failures. The biggest one was why we invaded Iraq in the... [MORE]

John Doe 

Sep 2, 2008 17:50

Lewis Puller writes: "Wait a second. Let's not forget what really happened. I can guarantee with absolute certainty that there... [MORE]

ozymandias888 

Sep 2, 2008 16:32

Wait a second. Let's not forget what really happened. I can guarantee with absolute certainty that there would have been... [MORE]

Lewis Puller 

Sep 2, 2008 11:53

What is amazing about the media is they don't seem to want to admit that Obama is contrived from the... [MORE]

Debbie 

Sep 2, 2008 10:13

This article should be reprinted over and over again in newspapers throughout this country. The American people need to know... [MORE]

Jack Griffith 

Sep 2, 2008 09:26

It is so amazing that one has to mistrust everything that appears in the NYtimes. I am so glad that... [MORE]

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Sep 2, 2008 08:29

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