posted on July 9, 2007 01:40:00 PM new
Michael Yon is a former Special Forces soldier that has been embedded in Iraq longer that ANY other reporter. He doesn't always agree with the on site military commanders and tells it like it is.
And before you on the left spout your usual rhetoric about him being paid by the right, Michael supports himself only by donations and the sale of photographs via his web site.
It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather we should thank God that such men lived.George S. Patton
[ edited by Bear1949 on Jul 9, 2007 01:40 PM ]
[ edited by Bear1949 on Jul 9, 2007 01:47 PM ]
posted on July 10, 2007 06:58:41 PM new
Imo, it's because the liberal MSM and their supporters ONLY wants to see American FAIL....SURRENDER. It's their ONLY GOAL.
They're defeatists, and imo, cowards.
Nothing but those two things will appease them. NEVER.
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"While the democratic party complains about everything THIS President does to protect our Nation": "What would a Democrat president have done at that point?"
"Apparently, the answer is: Sit back and wait for the next terrorist attack."
posted on July 10, 2007 07:56:39 PM new
Friday, July 6, 2007
WASHINGTON NEWS
Domenici Breaks With Bush On Iraq
Sen. Peter Domenici, a New Mexico Republican who is up for reelection next year, broke with President Bush on the Iraq war. Domenici's move is being treated as a significant development, indicative of Bush's increasingly weak position within his own party. The Washington Post says Domenici is a "party loyalist and former staunch war supporter," and thus "one of the most significant GOP losses to date." The timing of Domenici's announcement is interesting. As the Wall Street Journal reports, "a showdown is likely" in coming weeks "over a Democratic amendment to the main Defense Department spending bill demanding that US troops begin leaving Iraq within 120 days." The New York Times notes that is "an idea Mr. Bush has already vetoed," and in fact Domenici "made it clear Thursday that he did not support such measures either, saying, 'I'm not calling for an immediate withdrawal from Iraq or a reduction in funding for our troops, but I am calling for a new strategy that will move our troops out of combat operations and on the path to continuing home.'" Instead, USA Today reports, Domenici "supports a bipartisan bill that embraces findings of the Iraq Study Group, which said combat troops could be out by March 2008 if certain steps were taken."
The AP notes Domenici "said he has not talked to the administration about wanting a strategy shift," and the Los Angeles Times reports the senator's comments "drew a measured response from the White House, which has been trying to maintain Republican support for the president's 6-month-old strategy of using additional American forces, primarily in Baghdad, to control sectarian violence." ABC World News said the White House is worried over Domenici's defection, but "officials are taking some comfort by the fact that he said he wasn't ready to cut off funding, wasn't ready to call for a complete withdrawal of troops."
Doolittle Calls Iraq A "Quagmire" Domenici wasn't the only Republican to abandon Bush yesterday. The Sacramento Bee reports, "Rep. John Doolittle, questioning whether the Iraq war is worth the continued loss of American lives, said Thursday that US troops should be pulled back from the front lines 'as soon as possible'" and "the fighting should be turned over to Iraqi forces."
The "criticism came from an archconservative Republican who had campaigned with Bush and long repeated the president's refrain that Iraq is a central front in the war on terror."
posted on July 11, 2007 08:05:40 AM new
Bear, do you know the difference between a personal blog and a news report? Michael Yon has been quoted quite a bit in the MSM and has received great praise from professional journalists. None the less, as he himself says, he's not a journalist.
posted on July 11, 2007 08:13:25 PM new
Is the ONLY thing you lefties can do is COPY CAT what others have previously said? LOL LOL It sure appears that way, especially with you CC. tsk tsk tsk
****I*** have personally noted when blogs have been used.....usually by ME. So has desquirrel.
