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2007.09.29 Politics and National Defense Roundup
[Updated frequently throughout the day. Please come back often.]
Today's absolute must reads:
Whatever else you do today, people, don't miss Returning soldiers gunning for Democrats; "For the left, the Iraq war nightmare is still yet to come." (Helmet tips: Russ Vaughn, William Page, James Hooker)
Your second mandatory reading assignment for the day is Cinnamon Stillwell's Ghosts of Vietnam
Get going, folks, now. We'll still be here.
Bogus SF murder charges dismissed
Uncle Jimbo has the story here.
The Petraeus Effect
Lorie Byrd
What a difference a day makes. Or rather, several days and quite a few hours of congressional testimony and public statements regarding the status of the troop “surge” in Iraq from General David Petraeus. Not only are the leading Democrats running for President not calling for immediate withdrawal, but they won’t even say that if they were President the troops would be out of Iraq by the end of their four year term. ...
Do read the whole thing.
Quick hits:
- Iraq: We Want American Security Partnership
Ed Morrissey: Iraq plans to propose one final extension to the UN Security Council mandate for the American deployment, the AP reports this morning. After the end of 2008, Iraq wants to directly negotiate a bilateral security arrangement with the US similar to that of Kuwait and Qatar: ...
- Outsourcing Conflict
Robert D. Kaplan: For all the notoriety of private military contractors like Blackwater, they represent an important aspect of the future of war. And that future is not all bad. ...
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