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| Remember Those Iraqi Benchmarks? |
| 2008-06-17 |
| Abe Greenwald, Pajamas Media Way back in the dark days of 2007, when the only popular question about the Iraq war concerned the degree of tragedy, Congress’s Iraq “benchmarks” were all the rage among Democrats. Every argument against a continued U.S. presence in Iraq was constructed around the Maliki administration’s apparent inability to meet the political and security-based milestones as outlined by America’s Democratic-majority Congress. Then something happened. The gains of the troop surge allowed the Iraqi government and citizenry to implement the security measures and legislative acts called for by the U.S. The benchmark line of argument quietly died. Here, then, is the brief life and glorious death of the great benchmark trope. . . . |
| Posted by:Mike |
| #3 No, the Dems didn't even want the USA to go into Afghanistan and wanted the UNO = INTERPOL to handle going after Osama Bin Laden + AL QAEDA, etc. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2008-06-17 19:21 |
| #2 These carping lapdogs have nipped at "W's" heels for 8 years. I heard Al Gore endorse BO in Michigan last night as reported by CNN. Gore regurgitated all the old liberal garbage that has been tossed around for 8 years. When it was all said and done, the endorsement was more about Al Gore than it was BO. Gore didn't really do anything risky endorsing BO after he has been selected by whatever you call that process the donks went through. Gore and BO are still trumpeting that we shouldn't have gone into Iraq and that we should have focused on getting Bin Laden in Afghanistan. These guys have really spun their story over and over again. They are totally unwilling to give Bush credit for anything good and everything bad. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2008-06-17 17:29 |
| #1 Typical liberals and their press lapdogs - scream like hell over something, and when proven wrong, bury it so nobody will notice just how long, how many things, and how many times you've been that wrong. |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2008-06-17 15:12 |