Face the Nation (CBS) and Late Edition (CNN) air simultaneously in my market. So, I started off the 11:00 a.m. hour with Mitch McConnell and Bob Schieffer on CBS. Schieffer, as always, probed the issue about which the guest, McConnell would have the most knowledge, the political standing of the war in the Republican caucus. McConnell ducked most questions and stood by the President, no surprise. McConnell is pretty cagey, and he continues to dwarf Dingy Harry on floor leadership.
Then, I jumped over to CNN for Canis Lupus and the Iraqi Foreign Minister, Hoshyar Zebari. Zebari made the point, again a very good one; that it took the Americans 13 years to get from independence to constitution so history requires patience. Zebari discussed a couple of solid political developments, including their constitutional commission reporting on regional and local elections. Wolf unwittingly provided some reason to reject the “three state” solution to Iraq by discussing the Kurdish PKK problem with the American NATO ally, Turkey.
I made it back to CBS for Lee Hamilton. His first words “Iraq is grim, grave and deteriorating”. Not exactly Churchillian, is it? Hamilton did highlight a rather interesting question, why has it taken so long to bring the Iraqi Army up to combat capability? Perhaps our standards are too high; we aren’t, after all, training G.I. Joe.
Unlike most liberals, Hamilton recognizes that while there is no military only solution to Iraq there cannot be a political solution until the Coalition military gets the security situation under control. Hamilton also recognizes the Administration's increase in diplomatic pressure on Iraq, although he remained critical of the schedule. I find it odd to hear a liberal, usually critical of American imperialism, advocating a strict U.S. policy of linking support for democratic Iraq on fulfillment of American policy demands-the operational definition of "hegemony". Those libs are an ironic crew, are they not?
Hamilton complained that the Middle East is in flames, like the condition is new to the region. Ask yourself this, my loyal reader, when in your life has the Middle East not been in flames. Only finally, we in the west are fighting back. So Rep. Hamilton, do you find it all surprising that the enemy is retrenching in the face of American retaliation, however weak that retaliation may be? We’re in a lot stronger position than we were seven years ago, that is for certain.
Then fortunately I made it back to the Wolfsschanze in time to see Duncan Hunter. I do just love this guy. I don’t know if he can win but if he doesn’t let’s make him Sec. of Defense and let him end this war the Marine way.
Hunter immediately illustrated the inevitable logic that Iraq cannot have a functional political system in the absence of security in Bagdad and Anbar province. War is, after all, merely politics continued by other means, and our enemies in Iraq know Clauswitz. So does Duncan Hunter. Joe Biden is next up in the Wolf’s Lair. Since I just saw that rodeo I’ll be off to Ottumwa to see my Democrat daddy.
Then, I jumped over to CNN for Canis Lupus and the Iraqi Foreign Minister, Hoshyar Zebari. Zebari made the point, again a very good one; that it took the Americans 13 years to get from independence to constitution so history requires patience. Zebari discussed a couple of solid political developments, including their constitutional commission reporting on regional and local elections. Wolf unwittingly provided some reason to reject the “three state” solution to Iraq by discussing the Kurdish PKK problem with the American NATO ally, Turkey.
I made it back to CBS for Lee Hamilton. His first words “Iraq is grim, grave and deteriorating”. Not exactly Churchillian, is it? Hamilton did highlight a rather interesting question, why has it taken so long to bring the Iraqi Army up to combat capability? Perhaps our standards are too high; we aren’t, after all, training G.I. Joe.
Unlike most liberals, Hamilton recognizes that while there is no military only solution to Iraq there cannot be a political solution until the Coalition military gets the security situation under control. Hamilton also recognizes the Administration's increase in diplomatic pressure on Iraq, although he remained critical of the schedule. I find it odd to hear a liberal, usually critical of American imperialism, advocating a strict U.S. policy of linking support for democratic Iraq on fulfillment of American policy demands-the operational definition of "hegemony". Those libs are an ironic crew, are they not?
Hamilton complained that the Middle East is in flames, like the condition is new to the region. Ask yourself this, my loyal reader, when in your life has the Middle East not been in flames. Only finally, we in the west are fighting back. So Rep. Hamilton, do you find it all surprising that the enemy is retrenching in the face of American retaliation, however weak that retaliation may be? We’re in a lot stronger position than we were seven years ago, that is for certain.
Then fortunately I made it back to the Wolfsschanze in time to see Duncan Hunter. I do just love this guy. I don’t know if he can win but if he doesn’t let’s make him Sec. of Defense and let him end this war the Marine way.
Hunter immediately illustrated the inevitable logic that Iraq cannot have a functional political system in the absence of security in Bagdad and Anbar province. War is, after all, merely politics continued by other means, and our enemies in Iraq know Clauswitz. So does Duncan Hunter. Joe Biden is next up in the Wolf’s Lair. Since I just saw that rodeo I’ll be off to Ottumwa to see my Democrat daddy.
Here’s some Republican irony, every one of the conventions I chair have been gaveled to order with the same Democrat gavel that delivered Democrat delegates to Hubert Humphrey in 1972. Thanks Fred.
7 comments:
If Duncan Hunter wants to be President why doesn't he campaign in Iowa?
Sporer,
As you see all problems of the world being caused by liberals and liberalism, could you please share with us your definition of those terms? - When one looks in the dictionary, the definitions don't look so bad.
Ted, I noticed you got picked up again by Real Clear Politics. Congratulations. It makes an Iowa Republican proud that you are fighting the good fight. None of this is covered by the Register.
Who's David Yepsen?
BOSTON (Reuters) - It bills itself as the world's "most prestigious college discussion board," giving a glimpse into law school admissions policies, post-graduate social networking and the hiring practices of major law firms.
But the AudoAdmit site, widely used by law students for information on schools and firms, is also known as a venue for racist and sexist remarks and career-damaging rumors.
Now it's at the heart of a defamation lawsuit that legal experts say could test the anonymity of the Internet.
After facing lewd comments and threats by posters, two women at Yale Law School filed a suit on June 8 in U.S. District Court in New Haven, Connecticut, that includes subpoenas for 28 anonymous users of the site, which has generated more than 7 million posts since 2004
The powerful left wing of the House Democratic Caucus is unhappy with Speaker Nancy Pelosi for being too attentive to a handful of moderate members, especially those elected last year from normally Republican districts.
Protesting liberals grumble Pelosi has been too cautious setting policy during six months in the majority, especially regarding the Iraq war. The response is that Democrats will revert to minority status in the House if they stray too far to the left.
A footnote: Some liberal Democratic House members returned after the Memorial Day recess to tell colleagues how they were assailed by normally staunch supporters during town meetings, complaining not nearly enough had been done to end the Iraq intervention.
What is Sporer smoking today? Look at the hallucination he just posted:
" We’re in a lot stronger position [in the Middle East] than we were seven years ago, that is for certain."
As for the Iraqi's version of US history -- thirteen years from Declaration of Independence to adoption of the Constitution -- his comparison sucks. We needed until 1781 to remove the British and we then had peace under the Articles of Confederation. The Constitution was a product of leisure deliberation, not born of sectarian strife and car bombings.
It takes patience to create democracy alright. But it grows from within, not from foreign invaders.
The race for the Republican presidential nomination has reached a potential turning point.
The irony is that the fates of the professional politicians who began their campaigns historically early last year may well depend on a reluctant combatant getting into the race about the time candidates would if this were a typical election cycle.
Fred Thompson's impending entry into the race and downticks in Rudy Giuliani's and John McCain's poll numbers will make this a momentous summer, and one in which the focus of attention might switch from the Democratic contest between Sens. Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama, which has dominated the news media coverage until now.
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