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Success of the Surge

Has There Really Been a Policy Change in Iraq?

Jon Soltz | Posted 07.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Iraq War, Iraq Surge, Kirkuk, Al-Qaeda, Violence in Iraq, Success of the Surge, votevets.org, President Obama, Votevets, Iraq, Barack Obama, Al Qaeda, Nouri Al Maliki, Politics News
Jon Soltz

There haven't been any results in Iraq, either because President Obama hasn't tried hard enough, or because his efforts have failed.

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Fiasco Author: Obama's Iraq Optimism "Sounds a Lot Like Bush"

David Quigg | Posted 05.11.2009 | World

Read More: Iraq War, John McCain, The Gamble, Thomas Ricks Fiasco, Thomas Ricks, Afghanistan, Success of the Surge, George W. Bush, David Petraeus, Iraq, Counterinsurgency, Barack Obama, World News
David Quigg

There's the saying about how people who forget the past are doomed to repeat it. But what about people who actively lie to themselves about the past, about something like the surge?

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While Obama Escalates War in Afghanistan, Iraq Could Blow Up in His Face

Jeremy Scahill | Posted 05.01.2009 | World

Read More: Iraq Surge, Obama Afghanistan, Moqtada Al-Sadr, Thomas Ricks Fiasco, MoveOn.Org, Success of the Surge, Antiwar Movement, Afghanistan, Obama Iraq Withdrawal, Afghanistan Escalation, Iraq Occupation, Iraq Withdrawal, Barack Obama, Afghanistan War, Iraq War, Thomas Ricks, Myth of Iraq Surge Success, Iraq, Sunni Awakening, Obama Iraq, Nouri Al Maliki, World News
Jeremy Scahill

There is great reason to suspect that the timeline for withdrawal -- all troops out by 2011 -- announced in February by the Obama administration will prove to be a fallacy.

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"We Won't Take That History Lightly"

Harry Shearer | Posted 03.12.2009 | World

Read More: Afghanistan, Petraeus, Iraq Surge, General Petraeus, Afghanistan Surge, Success of the Surge, David Petraeus, World News
Harry Shearer

It's neat that Petraeus should pause to remember history at this juncture, after he's helped perpetuate an Iraqi adventure that completely ignored history in the same part of the world.

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In Iraq: Forget Michael Goldfarb, Remember Inigo Montoya

David Quigg | Posted 02.21.2009 | Media

Read More: Iraq Surge, John McCain, Andrew Sullivan, Success of the Surge, Terrorism, 9/11, Barack Obama, Michael Goldfarb, Iraq War, Sarah Palin, Inigo Montoya, Vengeance, The Princess Bride, Neoconservatives, Revenge, Iraq, September 11th, William Goldman, Inauguration Day 2009, Obama Inauguration, Media News
David Quigg

As Andrew Sullivan noted in the earliest hours of the Obama presidency, It only took Michael Goldfarb twenty-two minutes to start blaming Obama for Iraq.

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Who Are the Most Overrated -- and Underrated -- People of 2008?

Johann Hari | Posted 01.17.2009 | World

Read More: James Wood, Newspapers, John McCain, 2008, Beijing Olympics, Success of the Surge, Sarah Palin, John Edwards, Media, Plane Stupid, Johann Hari, Overrated, Johann Hari Most Overrated People, World News
Johann Hari

It should be part of everyone's New Year routine to ask: Who did we overrate in '08, and who didn't get their due? These are my proposals.

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McCain: The Fundamentals of Madonna's Marriage are Strong

Andy Borowitz | Posted 10.15.2008 | Politics

Read More: Borowitz Report, Iraq Surge, Guy Ritchie, Madonna Divorce, John McCain, Andy Borowitz, Presidential Debate 2008, Success of the Surge, Madonna, Politics News
Andy Borowitz

In what his aides are hoping could be a "game-changer" in advance of tonight's debate, McCain today expressed a strong vote of confidence in the marriage between Madonna and Guy Ritchie.

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An End in Sight for Some, but Not Others

Charles Ferguson | Posted 11.14.2008 | Politics

Read More: Iraq War, John McCain, Anti-Americanism, Success of the Surge, George W. Bush, Victory, Documentary, Iraq, Shiites, Politics News
Charles Ferguson

John McCain, the Bush administration, and a number of neoconservatives believe we're at the beginning of an American victory. If this is winning, I'd hate to see what losing would look like.

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John McCain's Surging Lie

Johann Hari | Posted 11.05.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain Lies, The Surge, John McCain, Iraq, Success of the Surge, Politics News
Johann Hari

McCain wants us to talk solely about whether the surge of US troops last year has been successful. But a hole was just blown in that argument -- and blood is rushing through.

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Conventional Wisdom Surging

Edward Humes | Posted 11.03.2008 | Politics

Read More: Iraq Surge, McCain War, The Surge, John McCain, McCain Vietnam, Surge, Success of the Surge, 2008 Election, Politics News
Edward Humes

Two highly suspect yet seemingly unkillable narratives continue to swirl through the election largely unchallenged: the undeniable success of "The Surge" and McCain's reputation as a proven military leader.

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Satellite Shows Ethnic Cleansing In Iraq Was Key Factor In "Surge" Success

Reuters | Maggie Fox | Posted 10.20.2008 | Home

Read More: Iraq Surge, Ethnic Cleansing, Success of the Surge, War Wire, Iraq, Sunnis, Shiites, Foreign Affairs, Home News

WASHINGTON - Satellite images taken at night show heavily Sunni Arab neighborhoods of Baghdad began emptying before a U.S. troop surge in 2007, graphi...

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The Dark Side Of The Surge: Cleansing, Partitioning, Imprisonment

AlJazeera Magazine | Robert Parry | Posted 10.16.2008 | Home

Read More: Iraq War Wire, Surge, Success of the Surge, Iraq War, War Wire, Iraq, Sunnis, Shiites, Home News

Since Jan. 10, 2007, when George W. Bush announced his troop "surge," more than 1,000 U.S. soldiers have died in the Iraq War - about a quarter of the...

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New Feuds Form In The Wake Of The "Surge"

The Guardian | Jonathan Steele | Posted 10.12.2008 | Home

Read More: Iraq Surge, Kurds, Success of the Surge, The Guardian, War Wire, Shia, Iraq, Sunnis, Shiites, Home News

Back in Baghdad for the first time this year, I was consumed by the issue of change. What's different, I would ask almost every Iraqi I met. "What abo...

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Close Presidential Race? Don't Blame the Media, Blame the Voters

Mitchell Bard | Posted 10.10.2008 | Politics

Read More: Sarah Palin Qualifications, Iraq Surge, Success in Iraq, John McCain, Bush Surge, Obama Muslim, Success of the Surge, Palin Investigation, Palin Bridge to Nowhere, Independent Voters, Michael Dukakis, McCain Offshore Drilling, Barack Obama Race, Barack Obama, Offshore Drilling, 2008 Presidential Election, Mainstream Media, Al Gore 2008, 2006 Election, Palin Independence Party, 60 Minutes, Palin National Guard, Media Coverage of 2008 Election, John Kerry, Sarah Palin, Willie Horton Dukakis, Proximate Cause, Politics News
Mitchell Bard

Voters have (or could have) all the information they need to make a choice this year. They're just making a choice that those on the left would consider a bad one.

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Woodward: Washington Misrepresented The Success Of The "Surge"

Washington Post | Bob Woodward | Posted 10.09.2008 | Politics

Read More: Iraq Surge, Success in Iraq, Success of the Surge, War Wire, Iraq, Politics News

Throughout the summer of 2007, as the troop surge in Iraq reached full strength, Gen. David H. Petraeus kept waiting for the tide to turn. By summer's...

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How Did the RNC Insult Troops and Veterans? Let Me Count the Ways...

Jon Soltz | Posted 10.09.2008 | Politics

Read More: Iraq Surge, Department of Veterans Affairs, John McCain, Surge, Success of the Surge, Sarah Palin, Fred Thompson, Opsec, Wesley Clark, Republican Convention, 2008 Presidential Election, Veterans, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Iraq Veterans, Walter Reed Middle School, Walter Reed, Politics News
Jon Soltz

Last week's convention sure made every superficial effort to come off as pro-Troop. And the media ate it up, not challenging a single thing. But to those of us who did serve, it was offense after offense after offense.

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General: Winter "Surge" Planned For Afghanistan

AP | JASON STRAZIUSO | Posted 10.05.2008 | Home

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FORWARD OPERATING BASE KALAGUSH, Afghanistan — American troops in Afghanistan will step up offensive operations this winter because insurgents a...

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The Game Is Over--The Media and Rick Warren Can't Protect McCain Anymore

Larry Gellman | Posted 09.22.2008 | Politics

Read More: Mccain Foreign Policy, Barack Obama Rick Warren, John McCain, Success of the Surge, Media Coverage of the Surge, Cindy McCain, John McCain Rick Warren, Mccain Houses, Media, Barack Obama, McCain Iraq, 2008 Presidential Election, Carol Mccain, Media Coverage of 2008 Election, Cnn, Daily Mail, John McCain Media Darling, Rick Warren, 2008 Presidential Race, Los Angeles Times, Media Bias, Politics News
Larry Gellman

When it comes to Barack Obama, the news media does its job with a vengeance. When Obama goes to Germany and draws a crowd of 200,000 they ask if he's ...

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Exactly What are We "Winning" in Iraq?

Larry Gellman | Posted 09.11.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain Iraq, Cut and Run, Iraq War, Politics, John McCain, Success of the Surge, Ron Suskind, George W. Bush, Winning in Iraq, Iraq, General Petraeus, Barack Obama, Politics News
Larry Gellman

Fortunately for Bush, an organization calling itself Al Qaeda in Iraq emerged -- a group having no relationship to Osama Bin Ladin or the Al Qaeda that attacked us years earlier.

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'Surging' McCain

The Real News | Posted 09.07.2008 | Politics

Read More: Iraq War, John McCain, Military, Success of the Surge, Al-Maliki, Muqtada Al-Sadr, President Bush, Iraq, Politics News
The Real News

Real News Network analyst, Pepe Escobar looks at the flipping and the flopping of McCain's "surge" message.

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Why the Media Fears John McCain

Ben Cohen | Posted 08.07.2008 | Media

Read More: Mainstream Media, Iraq Surge, John McCain, Iraq, Success of the Surge, Barack Obama, Media News
Ben Cohen

The mainstream media is doing exactly what it did before the build up to the Iraq War -- sucking up to McCain's perceived power and not asking relevant questions because it's fearful of being labeled unpatriotic.

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Jason Linkins

Supposedly Pro-American Iraq Groups Termed 'Enemies With Benefits'

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 08.06.2008 | Politics

Read More: Spencer Ackerman, Success of the Surge, War in Iraq, Anbar Awakening, Surge, Politics News

Spencer Ackerman, one of the internet's trusted sources of real talk on Iraq, today promotes a great new way of terming ongoing relationships with the...

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The Surge Postgame: How Effective Was It?

The American Prospect | Posted 08.05.2008 | Politics

Read More: Iraq War, Iraq Surge, John McCain, Warwire, Iraq, Success of the Surge, Politics News

The past few weeks have been momentous for the national conversation about Iraq. Nouri al-Maliki's explicitly stated insistence on a timetable for Ame...

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Withdrawing from Iraq, Reinforcing Afghanistan

Joe Galloway | Posted 08.02.2008 | Politics

Read More: Iraq Surge, John McCain, Surge, Success of the Surge, Afghanistan, Aghan Poppy Crop, George W. Bush, John Mccain Surge, Taliban, Afghanistan War, Politics News
Joe Galloway

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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By McCain's Measure, the Surge Failed
(Just Ask an Iraqi Leader)

Adele Stan | Posted 08.02.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, Success of the Surge, Ayad Allawi, Barack Obama, Nouri Al Maliki, Iraq, Politics News
Adele Stan

Critics may quibble with John McCain's definition of the surge in Iraq -- a little bit this, a little bit that. But to go after McCain on his definit...

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