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[Needlenose | We Needle. You Decide.] How to lose at Whack-a-Mole: a feeling is growing among senior officers in Baghdad and Washington that it is only a matter of time before the Pentagon sets a timetable of its own for withdrawal. These officers point to the effect on American public opinion of the slow disintegration of the 30-nation military coalition that America leads, and to frustration on Capitol Hill with the faltering buildup of Iraqi forces.
[Kevinsites.net] Kevin Sites Blog: Disclaimer: Kevin Sites is a freelance solo journalist currently on assignment for NBC News in Asia, but this site is a personal website not affiliated with or funded by NBCNews.
[Iraqnow.blogspot.com] COUNTERCOLUMN: Dedicated to the Memory of Violette Szabo and ...: But in nearly a year overseas, we’ve only had a few reporters bother “embedding” with us for longer than one or two patrols. Almost all of them swing by, hang out long enough to get a snarky quote and snap a photo or two, and then can’t wait to leave here so they can get back to their cushy Baghdad hotel and martinis in the Green Zone by nightfall.
[Andrewsullivan.com] www.AndrewSullivan.com - Daily Dish: Speaking of degenerate sacks of shit, this is what he thinks of liberals: 'Liberals don't want to talk about Iraq because, with a few exceptions, they thought the war was wrong and deep down don't want the Bush team to succeed.' Here we get to gaze deep inside the heart of Tom Friedman, Pundit extraordinaire, for whom being right is more important than the lives of thousands or millions of people. Deal with your own sick and twisted sociopathic existence.
[Blogsofwar.com] Blogs of War | Defense-Tech-Space: He is being looked after by Australian troops in Baghdad. I'll be updating this post as information becomes available.
[Zmag.org] ZNet |Iraq | The Exception Is the Rule: Such is the case in regard to the Iraq War, it seems to me, with the recent story in the Washington Post by Anthony Shadid and Steve Fainaru called "Building Iraq's Army: Mission Improbable." Shadid and Fainaru did something that is rarely done: spend several days with a unit of Iraq's new, American-trained forces. (The typical treatment of the topic consists of a few interviews with American officers in the Green Zone in Baghdad, leading to some estimation of how long it will take to complete the job.) The Post story starts with the lyrics of a song the soldiers of the unit, called Charlie Company, were singing out of earshot of their American overseers.
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