http://commentsfromleftfield.com/2008/07/traveling-back-in-time-to-justify-the-surge Loaning brain cells to those in need since 2003 Fri, 05 Dec 2008 12:07:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 http://commentsfromleftfield.com/2008/07/traveling-back-in-time-to-justify-the-surge#comment-40586 Bryan Fri, 25 Jul 2008 18:35:51 +0000 http://commentsfromleftfield.com/?p=4552#comment-40586 Ackerman is whack. Review the question that McCain was asked. Anbar province was the testing ground of the COIN strategy that the surge, according to plan, would institute throughout Iraq. And there isn't any "infantilization" of the Iraqis in McCain's remarks. It's simply true that the insurgents had more firepower than the wakening Sunnis. Because the awakening in Anbar both preceded and progressed during the "surge" it is natural that ambiguities will occur in discussing the latter. Normal charitable interpretation should resolve such issues. Where it doesn't, there's something to talk about, but Ackerman provides no evidence to suppose he performed the first step adequately. Ackerman is whack. Review the question that McCain was asked. Anbar province was the testing ground of the COIN strategy that the surge, according to plan, would institute throughout Iraq. And there isn’t any “infantilization” of the Iraqis in McCain’s remarks. It’s simply true that the insurgents had more firepower than the wakening Sunnis.
Because the awakening in Anbar both preceded and progressed during the “surge” it is natural that ambiguities will occur in discussing the latter. Normal charitable interpretation should resolve such issues. Where it doesn’t, there’s something to talk about, but Ackerman provides no evidence to suppose he performed the first step adequately.

]]> http://commentsfromleftfield.com/2008/07/traveling-back-in-time-to-justify-the-surge#comment-40350 Chief Wed, 23 Jul 2008 14:16:05 +0000 http://commentsfromleftfield.com/?p=4552#comment-40350 The Iraqis are just little children that need our protection and wisdom. They obviously are not as civilized as we westerners are. The Iraqis are just little children that need our protection and wisdom. They obviously are not as civilized as we westerners are.

]]> http://commentsfromleftfield.com/2008/07/traveling-back-in-time-to-justify-the-surge#comment-40338 McCain Accuses Obama of Venal Motives for Opposing Iraq War « Liberty Street Wed, 23 Jul 2008 03:17:13 +0000 http://commentsfromleftfield.com/?p=4552#comment-40338 [...] is exactly what I was getting at when I wrote, at CFLF: Here’s the bottom line about McCain’s verbal typos: People would not make so much of them if [...] [...] is exactly what I was getting at when I wrote, at CFLF: Here’s the bottom line about McCain’s verbal typos: People would not make so much of them if [...]

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