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December 31 in Iraq. The surge argument between O'reilly and Obama. The Woodward book---
I see the makings of a very crucial issue. I hope it gets explored before the election---there is a lot to consider.
Last night Bill O'reilly demanded that Obama admit he was wrong about the surge(which McCain wanted)---after Obama had already said it succeeded beyond expectations.
It is not at all clear to me, just what happens regarding who calls the shots when the agreement under which we are operating expires on December 31st.
and there is Bob Woodward's book. The surge worked because of our spying--on friends and enemies:
The War Within: A Secret White House History, 2006-2008 also says the Bush Administration has run an extensive spying operation on Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, his staff and others in the Iraqi Government.
"We know everything he says," says one of multiple sources Woodward cites about the practice in the book, which is scheduled for release on Monday.
Overall, he writes that four factors combined to reduce the violence: the covert operations; the influx of troops; the decision by militant cleric Muqtada al-Sadr to rein in his powerful Mahdi Army; and the so-called Anbar Awakening, in which tens of thousands of Sunnis turned against al-Qaeda.
The book is Woodward's fourth to examine the inner debates of the Bush Administration and its handling of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars.
I see the makings of a very crucial issue. I hope it gets explored before the election---there is a lot to consider.
Last night Bill O'reilly demanded that Obama admit he was wrong about the surge(which McCain wanted)---after Obama had already said it succeeded beyond expectations.
It is not at all clear to me, just what happens regarding who calls the shots when the agreement under which we are operating expires on December 31st.
and there is Bob Woodward's book. The surge worked because of our spying--on friends and enemies:
The War Within: A Secret White House History, 2006-2008 also says the Bush Administration has run an extensive spying operation on Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, his staff and others in the Iraqi Government.
"We know everything he says," says one of multiple sources Woodward cites about the practice in the book, which is scheduled for release on Monday.
Overall, he writes that four factors combined to reduce the violence: the covert operations; the influx of troops; the decision by militant cleric Muqtada al-Sadr to rein in his powerful Mahdi Army; and the so-called Anbar Awakening, in which tens of thousands of Sunnis turned against al-Qaeda.
The book is Woodward's fourth to examine the inner debates of the Bush Administration and its handling of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars.
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