Tag Archives: Iraq

PBS NewsHour: David Brooks & EJ Dionne On Ground Troops Debate

  Source:The New Democrat  When was the last time that Congress had big bipartisan votes on anything? Both the House and Senate overwhelmingly voting in favor of President Obama getting America involved in Syria and Iraq to defeat ISIS or … Continue reading

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PBS NewsHour: Shields & Brooks On ISIS & Bob McDonnell

Source:The New Democrat  I believe the United States is getting ready to wipeout ISIS, the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria and NATO may help them out. And NATO may step in when it comes to Ukraine as well by … Continue reading

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PBS NewsHour: Shields & Brooks: Islamic State in Syria & Iraq

Source:The New Democrat  Of course Congress has to and needs to not only approve any new war America gets involved in Syria and Iraq. Because what President Obama and the National Security Council are considering is a new war and … Continue reading

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PBS: NewsHour: Shields & Brooks on Iraq, Richard Nixon’s Legacy

Source:The New Democrat  What choice does President Obama have, but defend Americans who are still in Iraq? That is what the airstrikes are about defending our personal that is still in there. Now you can make a good argument about … Continue reading

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Politico Magazine: Thomas E. Ricks: ‘Why Am I Moving Left?’

Source:POLITICO Magazine– is Thomas Rick moving Center-Left or Far-Left? Perhaps joining Occupy Wall Street? Source:The New Democrat “In my late 50s, at a time of life when most people are supposed to be drifting into a cautious conservatism, I am … Continue reading

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RAND Corporation: Brian Michael Jenkins: Iraq Observations: The Future of Iraq

RAND Corporation I posted this a few days ago on this blog about then Senator Joe Biden proposing back in 2007-08 to partition Iraq which of course the Iraqi people would have to approve themselves. And how that may of … Continue reading

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Washington Examiner: Gene Healy: The Iraq War Was a Bipartisan Disaster

Source:The New Democrat  I actually agree with Gene Healy on this even though I put most of the responsibility for the War in Iraq on President George W. Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney and their supporters. But the fact … Continue reading

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National Post: An Historical Look at How Iraq Was Formed

National Post Back in 2006-07 then U.S. Senator Joe Biden as he was then Ranking Member of the Foreign Relations Committee in 2006 and then when Democrats won back Congress in 2006 he became Chairman of that committee proposed a … Continue reading

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Contra Corner: Michael Krieger: Mission Accomplished in Iraq

Source:The New Democrat  Whatever you think of the War in Iraq from 2003 to 2011 when it officially ended with American troops pulling out the “mission has already been accomplished”. If you look at what the original neoconservative goals from … Continue reading

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Slate Magazine: Jamelle Bouie: Neocons Already Destroyed Iraq

Source:The New Democrat  There’s an old American expression “fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me”. Which basically translates if you are dumb enough to get fooled multiple times by the same person, you are a … Continue reading

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