I've always admired Connecticut Senator Joe Lieberman as a person who "gets it". We may be on different sides of the political spectrum on many issues, but when it comes to national security, there is no question that he understands the stakes: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120752308688293493.html?mod=djemEditorialPage. It's rare to find a (former) Democrat who is willing to take his (former) party to task for their defeatist, myopic view on Iraq, and I commend him for it.
On the same line, evidence is mounting that Iranian forces are actually involved in the fighting against Iraqi and American forces in the city of Basra: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article3690010.ece. At what point will our feckless State Department and the equally feckless Bush 43 Administration finally acknowledge that Iran is now taking the fight to us? Will we respond (fat chance, I know)?
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The WSJ article was good and I'm glad they talked about the political and economic progress, plus they do a good job of confronting Petraeus' critics.
First they say: Gen. Petraeus will be the first to acknowledge that the gains in Iraq have come at a heavy price in blood and treasure.
And then: From June 2007 through February 2008, deaths from ethno-sectarian violence in Baghdad have fallen approximately 90%. American casualties have also fallen sharply, down by 70%.
Although I'm sure costs have gone up a lot.
I heard that the British have decided to stay a little longer because of Basra. At least we are able to kill Iranians that are attacking us. I don't think we could invade Iran right now, but perhaps we could put more of our forces on the Iraq-Iran border.
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