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By Creature
Today Sen. Pete Domenici became the latest Republican to pay lip service to the idea that a new strategy is needed for Iraq. Having seen the Iraqi government move no closer to any sort of bench, let alone mark, Domenici is now ready to embrace the language of the Iraq Study Group report in order to put the troops "on the path to coming home."
While I am glad to see the molasses-like movement of the GOP towards the withdrawal light, like Atrios, Marshall, mcjoan, and Benen I will not applaud any talk of a Bush revolt until there is action to back up their words.
(Cross-posted at State of the Day.)
Today Sen. Pete Domenici became the latest Republican to pay lip service to the idea that a new strategy is needed for Iraq. Having seen the Iraqi government move no closer to any sort of bench, let alone mark, Domenici is now ready to embrace the language of the Iraq Study Group report in order to put the troops "on the path to coming home."
While I am glad to see the molasses-like movement of the GOP towards the withdrawal light, like Atrios, Marshall, mcjoan, and Benen I will not applaud any talk of a Bush revolt until there is action to back up their words.
(Cross-posted at State of the Day.)
Labels: Iraq, Republicans
posted by creature at
10:35 PM
2 Comments:
Domenici may be reflecting the stance that the White House will eventually adopt as the ‘08 season approaches. A slow-mo withdrawal from advanced hazardous surge positions back to “enclaves” in a suburban zone near Baghdad and other urban centers. A little like Vietnam, but here the unrest is genuinely between ethnic & religious & AQ.
BTW, AQ is now admitting it is taking a licking, but the MSM has no truck with good news during this war & that AQ self-assessment is not being disseminated. Honest reporters like John Burns at the NYT are being ignored and young TV suck-ups know that bad news is what their editorial bosses want to hear—so it remains the explosion of the day. The Tet syndrome repeats itself. Some Repubs will bow to the prevailing winds & the stupidly conducted expedition to Iraq will slowly retreat.
Like the Euroweenie left, the Dems exult in non-performance & national self-abasement.
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dave in boca, at 5:24 AM
"Like the Euroweenie left, the Dems exult in non-performance"
Whatever grotesque and confected generalities suit your bluster, hey?
One man's "national self abasement" is another man's conscience. Was Barry the last Republican to use the word as though it had some merit?
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Capt. Fogg, at 10:11 AM
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