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Archive for July 26th, 2006

Wednesday, July 26th, 2006

Handy Reference

“Why Not the GOP?,” by Lincoln Ferree of the Freedom Democrats site, is an effectively concise account of the reasons why libertarians (upper and lower-case) ought to give up on the Republican Party, if they ever put much allegiance in it. The only thing I’d add to his bill of particulars is that the Republican [...]

Wednesday, July 26th, 2006

Operation Moving Even Further Forward Together Again

US and Iraq to boost troop presence in Baghdad. Per Reuters:
[President Bush] said forces would be moved to the capital from other areas of the country.
So one more grand initiative starts with great fanfare and fails. It was a little over a month ago that . . .
Iraqi and US forces began a security [...]

Wednesday, July 26th, 2006

That’s Why We Call It “The War Party”

A funny thing happened on the way to the al-Maliki address to the US Congress:
House Democrats on Monday crafted a letter to Hastert urging him to cancel the speech by al-Maliki to the chamber. The letter, which was being circulated for signatures, argues that if the Iraqi leader’s positions are at odds with U.S. foreign [...]