Recent Posts Tagged With 'iraq'

• Can Diplomacy Fail?

  Posted on Tuesday September 29th, 2009 at 12:17 in Israel, war, Middle East, iraq, iran, north korea, russia

  The answer is "Yes", but when it does, this is not necessarily a failure of those trying to prevent conflict.  At times, this is simply a result of the motivations of the belligerent.  In response to my post on the blog "Stones...

• Is The Iraq War Won?

  Posted on Wednesday February 4th, 2009 at 11:20 in war, Middle East, iraq

  ABC News thinks it’s possible. An epochal media moment Monday night on ABC’s World News? In an upbeat story about the election in Iraq "with virtually no violence," reporter Jim Sciutto raised the possibility the war is now over &...

• The Outgoing President Bush: Not As Wrong As First Thought

  Posted on Tuesday January 20th, 2009 at 08:35 in politics, war, Middle East, Government, iraq, terrorism

  At least according to the incoming President Obama.  Charles Krauthammer explains, but I just have the bullet points here to get you to "Read the Whole Thing"(tm).  All lines below are quotes from the article. Vindication is being ...

• Keeping a Promise In Spite Of Himself

  Posted on Friday November 14th, 2008 at 12:09 in war, Middle East, iraq

  Barack Obama may be able to get the troops out of Iraq in 16 months mostly because George W. Bush’s surge did so well.  Via Instapundit: "THE WAR IS OVER AND WE WON:" Michael Yon just phoned from Baghdad, and reports that things ar...

• Thoughts for Election Day

  Posted on Monday November 3rd, 2008 at 21:31 in war, Middle East, abortion, economics, iraq, terrorism, foreign policy

  Work and family have kept me from posting much lately, and today is the last shot before Election Day.  So here are my thoughts about the main issues for this election and why I think John McCain stands on the correct side of each of them. Abort...