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General Petraeus: I Don't Know That I Will Ever Use The Word "Victory" For Iraq (tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com)

In an interview with the BBC, Petraeus said he didn't know if he could promise "victory," said he didn't know if he would ever even use that word, and suggested that using it is irresponsible.

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Submitted 29 days ago by rmwarnick | 0 Comments |

Iraq: The Security Situation Has Improved, But The Human Cost of the Occupation Weighs Heavily (www.guardian.co.uk)

Is it worse than a year ago? Has anything changed here? Probably not, but as the prospect of a US troop reduction gains strength whoever wins the White House in November, the full toll of disaster... More

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Submitted 29 days ago by rmwarnick | 0 Comments |

McCain Campaign Endorses Palin’s Claim That The Iraq Occupation is a Task 'From God' (thinkprogress.org)

Last June Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin claimed, "that our leaders, our national leaders, are sending [U.S. soldiers] out on a task that is from God." McCain campaign spokesman Michael Goldfarb says they... More

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Submitted about 1 month ago by rmwarnick | 0 Comments |

Woodward: Bush Doesn’t Understand Why Iraqis ‘Are Not Appreciative’ Of ‘Liberation’ (thinkprogress.org)

"[Bush] has a meeting at the Pentagon with a bunch of experts and he just said, ‘I don’t understand that the Iraqis are not appreciative of what we’ve done for them,’ namely liberated them."

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Submitted about 1 month ago by rmwarnick | 0 Comments |

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