There is an interesting piece of graffiti on a bridge near Basra. A fleeing militiaman has scrawled “We’ll be back”; underneath an Iraqi soldier has scribbled in reply “And we’ll be waiting for you”. Link: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/guest_contributors/article4379923.ece
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Capitalism is the greatest system ever created for alleviating general human misery, and yet it breeds ingratitude. —Jonah Goldberg Link to his article: http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=MDdiYTgxOGE0ZjNiZTEzZmI3OGQwMzBmYWFlNWE1MDg=
Obama has indicated that by his failure to acknowledge the success of the surge, that he would rather lose a war than lose a campaign. http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/07/22/eveningnews/main4283813.shtml And to prove McCain’s point: “I am not persuaded that 20,000 additional troops in Iraq is going to solve the sectarian violence” in Iraq, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Illinois, said
Even if the last bit of agit-prop from the AP is true, exactly what effect — good or bad — does ‘America’s standing in the world’ have? One would think our standing was pretty good at the end of the Second World War, and yet half the world proceeded to go Communist. Link: http://sweetness-light.com/archive/obama-to-campaign-in-europe-mideast
“Many are for him (Obama) for no more serious reasons than his mouth and his complexion.” —Thomas Sowell Link: http://article.nationalreview.com/print/?q=ZTBiZjk2NDMxODBmY2I3NDI4NGYwMWM5ZDhmMTM0NmU=
All statements by Barack Obama come with an expiration date. All of them. –Jim Geraghty, The National Review Online http://campaignspot.nationalreview.com/post/?q=ZjZjZDRiMGZlMGU1MjMyNzE4YzAyYmU4NTYyZDQ5Njc=
