Iraq Surge

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McCain Offshore Drilling Battle Reminiscent Of Iraq Surge, Aide Says

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 08.02.2008 | Politics

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An aide to John McCain synthesized the Senator's two favorite topics into one political thesis today: his support for off-shore drilling and his polic...

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Withdrawing from Iraq, Reinforcing Afghanistan

Joe Galloway | Posted 08.02.2008 | Politics

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Bush and McCain had barely completed even one Iraq victory lap singing hosannas to the surge when they were obliged to begin thinking and talking about how they're going to shore up a failing policy in Afghanistan.

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Chuck Hagel: Quit Talking About The Surge, Focus On War's Future

AP | ANNA JO BRATTON | Posted 08.01.2008 | Politics

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OMAHA, Neb. — Republican Sen. Chuck Hagel, fresh from an Iraq trip with Democrat Barack Obama, said the presidential candidates should focus on ...

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Depends on What the Meaning of the Word 'Is' (Surge) Is

Adam Blickstein | Posted 08.01.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, Iraq Surge, Linguistics, Language, Casuistry, Success of the Surge, Manipulative, Political Rhetoric, John McCain Rhetoric, Politics News

The stakes are far higher now in dealing with a war than with adultery. But in both instances, the manipulation of words, whether active or passive, matter.

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McCain's Surge Gaffe Actually Acknowledged On MSNBC

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 08.01.2008 | Politics

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A perfect example of how badly the media muddies the water when it comes to the Iraq War occurred in the late morning on MSNBC. At around 11:40, Cont...

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Troop-Withdrawal Advocates Gain an Important Ally

Byron Williams | Posted 08.01.2008 | Politics

Read More: Iraq Surge, Maliki Surge, Iraqi Security Forces, Success of the Surge, Maliki Obama, Iraq Troop Withdrawal, Nouri Al Maliki, Obama Iraq, Politics News

Conventional wisdom maintains that the surge is working and that violence is down. But the underlining reasons for much of the violence in Iraq is beyond the surge's control.

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Katie Couric To Obama: People Are "Scratching Their Heads" About Your Opposition To Surge

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 07.31.2008 | Media

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When Katie Couric told Haaretz that "The glory days of TV news are over," her words framed what looked like a lament, but her recent interview with Obama makes them seem like a threat.

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Scarborough Defames Bloggers Who Are Right On 'Surge'

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 07.31.2008 | Politics

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For all of my ideological differences with the man, I've always appreciated the way MSNBC's Joe Scarborough has seemed to applaud and encourage people...

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McCain Tries To Cover Surge Mistake With Attack

HuffingtonPost.com | Seth Colter Walls | Posted 07.31.2008 | Politics

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In a quote to the AP, John McCain's rapid response man delivered the campaign's first reaction to the news that the Arizona Republican bungled the his...

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Why John McCain's "Surge" Success Story is a Lie

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 07.30.2008 | Politics

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McCain's belief that the surge "won the war" contradicts the substance of the "status of force" agreement the Bush administration has been trying to ram down the Iraqi government's throat.

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The Democrats' National Security Hangover

HuffingtonPost.com | Seth Colter Walls | Posted 07.30.2008 | Politics

Read More: Iraq Surge, Iran, John McCain, National Security, Afghanistan, Iraq Withdrawal, Barack Obama, Politics News

Lately, Democrats have been having a party on national security. An Admiral who wants more troops in Afghanistan, the Bush administration's diplomatic...

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Confessions of an Anti-Iraq War Democrat: Memories of a Purple Finger

Lanny Davis | Posted 07.29.2008 | Politics

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Many anti-war Democrats now see a moral obligation (after all the carnage and destruction wrought by our military intervention) not just to pick up and leave Iraq without looking over our shoulders.

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Mitt Romney: McCain Invented Counterinsurgency Doctrine

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 07.24.2008 | Politics

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Tin-plated fraud-bot Mitt Romney, who would say just about anything to get the nomination, has been out recently demonstrating that he'd say just abou...

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'Surge' Ends With More Troops In Iraq Than Before Buildup Began

AP | LOLITA C. BALDOR | Posted 07.24.2008 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — The Pentagon's top military officer said Wednesday that he is likely to recommend further troop reductions in Iraq this fall. Adm....

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Like Vagueness? Elect McCain Commander In Chief

Lionel Beehner | Posted 07.24.2008 | Politics

Read More: Iraq Surge, Mccain Foreign Policy, Obama, Afghanistan, Strategy for Victory, Politics News

McCain's call for an "integrated" "multi-front" plan for victory in Aghanistan is just gobbledygook for "stay the course but make tweaks around the margins."

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Is McCain Flip-Flopping, Calling for Draft, or Just in Fantasy Land?

Jon Soltz | Posted 07.23.2008 | Politics

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If McCain is serious about an indefinite commitment to Iraq, with no timetable for when the troops come home, then he doesn't have the troops to make any meaningful "surge" in Afghanistan.

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Obama Spokeswoman Hits Back At McCain's New Afghanistan Argument

HuffingtonPost.com | Seth Colter Walls | Posted 07.23.2008 | Politics

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Iraq may be back on the political front lines, as MSNBC's First Read notes today, but with it comes Afghanistan. Sen. Barack Obama has long claimed th...

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Marketing a Myth: How John McCain Actually Got The Surge Wrong

Lt. General Robert G. Gard Jr. (USA, Ret.) | Posted 07.22.2008 | Politics

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The fall-off in violence in Iraq had almost nothing to do with the increase in American troop levels -- and everything to do with actually talking with and supporting the previous insurgents.

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Who's Paying The Biggest Price Now For Our War In Iraq? Our National Guard.

Bobby Muller | Posted 07.18.2008 | Politics

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Almost half of the soldiers scheduled to deploy to Iraq are members of our National Guard. We can't maintain this -- it is another cost of the war, one that is too great for our country to bear.

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Surge Amnesia: The Media's Newest Affliction

Arianna Huffington | Posted 07.15.2008 | Politics

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Buoyed by a reduction in violence in Iraq, John McCain is running a "the surge has worked" victory lap and war supporters like Condi "I'm Proud to Have Overthrown Saddam" Rice are beating their chests.

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The Simple Arithmetic of a Fraudulent Surge

David Fiderer | Posted 07.12.2008 | Politics

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From its inception, the Iraq war strategy was like a plan to fly across the Pacific without enough fuel to get to the other side. The surge made the plane fly faster. Our troops are the jet fuel.

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Iraq Is The Economy, Stupid

Alan Fein | Posted 07.11.2008 | Politics

Read More: Iraq, Economy, Iraq War, U.S. Economy, Iraq Surge, Iraq Spending, Iraq War Funding, Politics News

Every day, pollsters ask voters to rank issues, separating "the Iraq war" from "the economy," as if they have nothing to do with each other. In fact, they have everything to do with each other.

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Globe Columnist Gets It Right On Iraq

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 07.09.2008 | Politics

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Even with all the Iraq War criticism out there, it is rare to find a writer who manages to get it as right as Andrew J. Bacevich does in today's Bosto...

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GAO Report Faulting Bush On Lack Of 'Post-Surge Planning' Ignored, Downplayed In Media

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 07.03.2008 | Politics

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According to a report, made public yesterday, by the Government Accountability Office, "The administration lacks an updated and comprehensive Iraq str...

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The Surge Is Working? Not If You Read the Latest GAO Report

Mitchell Bard | Posted 07.02.2008 | Politics

Read More: Iraq Reconstruction, Iraq War, Iraq Oil, Iraq Surge, Iraq Violence, Bush Iraq, Gao Report, Iraq Reconciliation, Iraq Occupation, Iraq Casualties, Iraqi Government, McCain Iraq, Iraq GAO Report Conclusions, Politics News

What the GAO report makes clear, above all else, is that contrary to what the mainstream media and the GOP would have you believe, the surge has not worked. It's time for the U.S. military to go home.

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