http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2007/08/018131.php

August 5, 2007

Defeatists In Retreat?

The question mark is mine, not Bill Kristol's. Kristol is more optimistic
than I am, but he is certainly right about the direction of the tide in
Iraq, and, I hope, in the U.S.:

For the Iraq war's opponents, July began as a month of hope. It ended
in retreat. It began with Democratic unity in proclaiming the
inevitability of American defeat. It ended with respected military...

On Sun, 05 Aug 2007 22:34:49 -0000, Jeff Dege jdege.visi.com> wrote:

Don't count on it. Americans have gotten wise to the faulty bill
of sale they were given on Iraq, and the word is out on the futility
of it all.

A planned withdrawal is, rightfully so, the only answer at this point.

- Scott Smith: liberal-bias@sludgereport.org
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On Sun, 05 Aug 2007 17:49:44 -0500, S. Smith wrote:

http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/
Articles/000/000/013/950rsadr.asp

On Mon, 06 Aug 2007 00:23:38 -0000, Jeff Dege jdege.visi.com> wrote:

On Sun, 05 Aug 2007 19:28:42 -0500, S. Smith wrote:

On Mon, 06 Aug 2007 00:55:30 -0000, Jeff Dege jdege.visi.com> wrote:

...

On Sun, 05 Aug 2007 22:34:49 -0000, Jeff Dege jdege.visi.com>
wrote:

On Mon, 06 Aug 2007 18:12:48 GMT, CarlSwanson
nospamfrontiernet.net> wrote:

Elliot Abrams still sits at the right hand of the "Decider". ...we
lose.