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[Wingless] Feeding Bush to Obama Supporters : A Rebuttal: However, even if this were not so, removing troops from Iraq while Iran threatens the entire region would be one of the costliest mistakes the US could make at this volatile time. America being next door serves as a deterrent to Iran, without the USA Iran will quickly realize the Shia Crescent (Iran/Iraq/Lebanon, they are already control 2/3).

 [Redstate - Conservative News and Community] Barack Obama: That Burkean Chicagoan: He just believes that the intellectual integrity of Obama's position is undermined by the facts on the ground and that those facts should engender a change in Obama's stance on Iraq. Secretary Gates--who is no one's idea of an ideology-blinded neocon--showed the capacity to change and to test his initial doubts concerning Iraq against the implementation of the surge and the counterinsurgency strategy that General Petraeus had such a crucial hand in designing.

 [Relay Station Bravo] Bush's July Deadline for Permanent Presence in Iraq: Although Iraqi ministers have said they will reject any agreement limiting Iraqi sovereignty, political observers in Baghdad suspect they will sign in the end and simply want to establish their credentials as defenders of Iraqi independence by a show of defiance now. The one Iraqi with the authority to stop deal is the majority Shia spiritual leader, Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani.

 [Comments from Left Field] A Debate We’re Happy To Have: “Barack Obama’s belief that we should treat terrorists as nothing more than common criminalsdemonstrates a stunning and alarming misunderstanding of the threat we face from radical Islamic extremism. Obama holds up the prosecution of the terrorists who bombed the World Trade Center in 1993 as a model for his administration, when in fact this failed approach of treating terrorism simply as a matter of law enforcement rather than a clear and present danger to the United States contributed to the tragedy of September 11th.

[No More Incumbents Presidential Race] A Letter to Anti-Obama people: At the same time, Iraq continues to explode, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is far from settled, and Iranian proxies remain ensconced within Lebanon’s incendiary sectarian mix-a mix that pits Sunni against Shia and just so happens to exist along the Israeli border. A rested and renergized Al-queda-thanks to Bush pursuing a petty vendetta in Iraq- now have a new breeding ground within which to launch its terrorist operations.

[yankeemom.com] Iraqi Parliament: The Front has increased Sunni representation in a parliament previously dominated by Shia and Kurdish parties, winning 44 seats in December 2005 elections. It is a nationalist party that has stressed the importance of ending the U.S. “occupation”, boosting Iraq’s national identity and setting up a committee to review the new constitution.

 [GOATMILK: An intellectual playground edited by Wajahat Ali] CHOMSKY SPEAKS: An Interview with Noam Chomsky by Wajahat Ali: To quote the Washington Post summary of the Pentagon findings released in December 2007, “Iraqis of all sectarian and ethnic groups believe that the U.S. military invasion is the primary root of the violent differences among them, and see the departure of `occupying forces’ as the key to national reconciliation.” As noted, the U.S. has not had great success in inspiring a regional Sunni-Shia conflict, though the tensions and conflicts are real, and ominous.

 [Expressyoureself's Weblog] Country profile: Iraq: Mr Maliki was the compromise candidate of the Shia-led United Iraqi Alliance, the winners of parliamentary polls in December 2005. Kurdish and Sunni parties opposed the alliance’s first nominee, interim Prime Minister Ibrahim Jaafari, who withdrew his candidature after four months of political deadlock.

[Liberal Values] Keith Olbermann’s Special Comment on John McCain’s Views on Iraq: Mount Sinai Hospital in New York reported treating a patient identifying himself as another Iraq-bound soldier, who claimed he had accidentally swallowed a pen at the bus station. No one doubted his story until examinations proved there was a second pen in his stomach bearing the logo of Greyhound Bus Lines.

 [SWJ Blog] 17 June SWJ News, Op-Ed, Blog, and Events Roundup: What has been learned about such conflicts from operations in Iraq and Afghanistan may to some degree be transferable to conflicts in other regions. Assuming that the international community may well face future operations characterized by regional, borderless “wars among the people”, the centres at Queen’s University and their partners propose convening a distinguished group of approximately 200 experts from academic, military, governmental, and international institutions to examine how best to prepare commanders, military units and governments to plan for and conduct complex, multi-dimensional stability campaigns in this new environment.

 [Chrisy58's Weblog] Revealed: Secret Plan to Keep Iraq Under US Control: Although Iraqi ministers have said they will reject any agreement limiting Iraqi sovereignty, political observers in Baghdad suspect they will sign in the end and simply want to establish their credentials as defenders of Iraqi independence by a show of defiance now. The one Iraqi with the authority to stop deal is the majority Shia spiritual leader, Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani.

 [SWJ Blog] 15 June SWJ News, Op-Ed, Blog, and Events Roundup: What has been learned about such conflicts from operations in Iraq and Afghanistan may to some degree be transferable to conflicts in other regions. Assuming that the international community may well face future operations characterized by regional, borderless “wars among the people”, the centres at Queen’s University and their partners propose convening a distinguished group of approximately 200 experts from academic, military, governmental, and international institutions to examine how best to prepare commanders, military units and governments to plan for and conduct complex, multi-dimensional stability campaigns in this new environment.

[UK Politics - Political Blogs Aggregator Aggravator] 'Islam Is War' on this site: Hopefully you'll see that this site is a pretty good resource for anti-Islamic material, you will also see that not all of the items support my assertion that 'Islam Is War'. But I'm always happy to see well presented opposition to my own point of view as it helps clarify things for me (and sometimes changes my mind, but not in this case).

 [Joel's Blog] Iraq, Lebanon, Israel: Agreements and Settlements: US officials have repeatedly said they do not want “permanent” bases, and the provision disallowing the use of Iraqi soil as a launching pad for one country to attack another is in the Iraqi constitution.) .

 [Tbzulf's Weblog] Cogent tabloid off Iraq, equity 35: Passageway Diyala, a Sunni generality champaign where the returns was examen, 417,000 in respect to 750,000 nubile voters, argent 56 percent, legal, in step with Amir Latif, kingpin in reference to the bumpkin elections session.And tabloid the insurgents are schedule until rap bullets as representing ballots: “The engaged subdivide in point of’The Islamic Posse inpouring Iraq’, which has announced its operation in contemplation of the collaring and assassination concerning singular foreigners corridor Iraq, has called Iraqis until bear a hand mutual regard the list system whereupon the lute tablature as regards the Iraqi numinous foundation and approbation along with’Turndown’.”

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