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Charles Krauthammer: Petraeus’s Success
When asked about Shiite militia domination of southern Iraq, Petraeus patiently went through the four provinces, one by one, displaying a degree of knowledge of the local players, terrain, and balance of power that no one in Washington — and few in Iraq — could match. When Biden thought he had a gotcha — contradictions [...]
Continue reading...Owen West: America’s soldiers are committed to the war. But they’re not going to lie about its progress.
Published Sunday, September 16, 2007 at 9:24 am
Monday’s MoveOn.org advertisement, which depicted Gen. Petraeus as a traitor, has been dismissed by Sen. Reid as an inconsequential distraction. But according to the Pew Research Center, a nonpartisan research group, the ad reflects the growing distrust of a Democratic Party that may be taking cues from its leadership. Last month 76% of Republicans expressed [...]
Continue reading...Peggy Noonan: Gen. Petraeus is a man of “straightforward decisiveness” who values “action with results.”
Published Friday, August 10, 2007 at 6:28 am
Gen. Petraeus of course will be all over television in September, reporting to Congress on the war, and America will be getting used to him. He is not in an easy position. The left and most Democrats are invested in the idea of Iraq as disaster. The right and most Republicans placed their bets on [...]
Continue reading...Michael Yon: Superman
Published Tuesday, July 17, 2007 at 1:50 pm
Michael Yon’s latest dispatch from Iraq has been posted; a sort-of tribute to the Stryker, on behalf of the men in Iraq, whose lives it is saving. The crew consisted of four men. Specialist William Pfeiffer was alone up front and driving. Behind Pfeiffer was the crawl space called the “hell hole†that led to [...]
Continue reading...First lieutenant Pete Hegseth: The strategy we have in Iraq today is sound
Published Tuesday, July 10, 2007 at 9:14 pm
Despite the daily pronouncements by feckless, power hungry Democrats (and some spineless Republicans), coalition forces under General David Petraeus are beginning to make real progress in Iraq (see Michael Yon’s dispatches). Executive director of VetsforFreedom.org, and veteran of the Iraq war, Pete Hegseth addresses four major falsehoods… Falsehood No. 1: The “surge” is already a [...]
Continue reading...Thomas P.M. Barnett: “Do not plan to win the war, unless you plan to win the peace.”
Published Saturday, July 7, 2007 at 3:27 pm
Thomas P.M. Barnett, author of The Pentagon’s New Map: War and Peace in the Twenty-first Century, presents his vision for removing global threats, and the rebuilding phase that must follow.
Continue reading...Special Ops Extraction
Published Tuesday, July 3, 2007 at 6:56 pm
This is one way to board a chopper: Imagine the skill required to hover a transport chopper partly in the water.
Continue reading...Phil’s networks
Published Sunday, September 16, 2007 at 9:40 am
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