Saturday, 29 September 2007
2007.09.29 Politics and National Defense Roundup
Contributed by Bill Faith

[Updated frequently throughout the day. Please come back often.]

Today's absolute must reads:

Whatever else you do today, people, don't miss Returning soldiers gunning for Democrats; "For the left, the Iraq war nightmare is still yet to come." (Helmet tips: Russ Vaughn, William Page, James Hooker)

Your second mandatory reading assignment for the day is Cinnamon Stillwell's Ghosts of Vietnam

Get going, folks, now. We'll still be here.


Bogus SF murder charges dismissed

Uncle Jimbo has the story here.


The Petraeus Effect
Lorie Byrd

What a difference a day makes.  Or rather, several days and quite a few hours of congressional testimony and public statements regarding the status of the troop “surge” in Iraq from General David Petraeus.  Not only are the leading Democrats running for President not calling for immediate withdrawal, but they won’t even say that if they were President the troops would be out of Iraq by the end of their four year term.  ...

Do read the whole thing.


Quick hits:

  • Outsourcing Conflict
    Robert D. Kaplan: For all the notoriety of private military contractors like Blackwater, they represent an important aspect of the future of war. And that future is not all bad. ...

Contributed by Bill Faith on September 29, 2007 at 12:52 AM | Permalink

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