OTB News (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago
Gen. David Petraeus, the U.S. commander in Iraq, said last week there is some intelligence that Al Qaeda is shifting forces from Iraq to Pakistan and Afghanistan. That would continue a larger trend: the departure of foreign fighters. The Pentagon says that in early 2007, at the peak of foreign terror in Iraq, foreign fighters [...]
Michael J. Totten (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago
As recently as the first half of 2007, the idea of an American victory in Iraq seemed like a fantasy to just about everyone, including me. General David Petraeus surged additional troops to Iraq, however, and he transformed the joint American-Iraqi counterinsurgency strategy into what nearly all observers now acknowledge is a remarkable and unexpected success. Few bothers to argue otherwise anymore....
Afgha.com (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago
Gen. David Petraeus, the U.S. commander in Iraq, said last week there is some intelligence that Al Qaeda is shifting forces from Iraq to Pakistan and Afghanistan. read more
Political Intelligence (Free subscription) | 21 hours ago
In the week that was on the presidential campaign, Barack Obama rather clearly won the image war with John McCain. He flew in a helicopter with General David Petraeus in Iraq, laid a wreath at a Holocaust memorial in...
Marathon Pundit (Free subscription) | yesterday
The analysis, and the criticism, of Barack Obama's trip overseas keeps coming. The Wall Street Journal weighs in: Mr. Obama also knows that Gen. Petraeus opposes setting a fixed timetable for withdrawing U.S. forces from Iraq. This military judgment ought to count for something, particularly since Congressional Democrats have long scolded President Bush for failing to pay sufficient heed to the advice...
American Power (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
I'm betting the claim that Barack Obama was right about Iraq all along will be the dominant hard-left foreign policy meme throughout the fall. In the postmodern world, neither the Bush administration, Senator John McCain, nor General David Petraeus deserve credit for the improvement of security in Iraq and the shift toward political accomodation. Indeed, for left-wing partisans, the increase in troops...
Balloon Juice (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
Has anyone pointed out yet that McCain is giving credit to the surge for things that happened not only before the actual surge began, but to events that took place before General Petraeus, the architect of the surge, was even in Iraq? Seriously- the Anbar Awakening: In the summer of 2005, the Abu Mahals needed [...]
Baltimore Reporter (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
Crossposted from Flopping Aces It seems Iraqi leaders DO NOT endorse Obama’s plan after all! In Wednesday’s Washington Post it was a threefer slam on Obama’s plan for withdrawal from Iraq. First, Dan Balz informs readers that Obama’s plan for withdrawal was opposed by General Petraeus in their meetings. After years of Democrats insisting we must “listen [...]
Flopping Aces (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
It seems Iraqi leaders DO NOT endorse Obama’s plan after all! In Wednesday’s Washington Post it was a threefer slam on Obama’s plan for withdrawal from Iraq. First, Dan Balz informs readers that Obama’s plan for withdrawal was opposed by General Petraeus in their meetings. After years of Democrats insisting we must “listen to the generals” [...]
Mike's America (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
It seems Iraqi leaders DO NOT endorse Obama's plan after all! In Wednesday's Washington Post it was a threefer slam on Obama's plan for withdrawal from Iraq. First, Dan Balz informs readers that Obama's plan for withdrawal was opposed by General Petraeus in their meetings. After years of Democrats insisting we must "listen to the generals" it seems Obama may not have been so eager to hear what
PERRspectives Blog (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
To John McCain's dismay, the chorus of voices bolstering Barack Obama's call for a strategic refocus from Iraq to Afganistan just keeps growing. Just one day before Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki indisputably endorsed Obama's time frame for a U.S. withdrawal...
Investor's Iraq Forum (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
BAGHDAD, July 23 (VOI) The decline in armed operations against joint forces and Iraqi civilians will positively affect U.S. Top Commander in Iraq David Petraeus's recommendations on the situation in Iraq to the Congress, a spokesman for the Multi-National Force (MNF) said on Wednesday. "The...
Knowledge is Power (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
Obama’s understanding of warfare is so wrong, it has to be written off as sophomoric, or an insult to Gen Petraeus… and our intelligence. Presidential Candidate Obama’s statements in and about Iraq in the past 24 hours have been nothing less than shameless and disgraceful. ...criticism of his words transcends rank political partisanship if for no other reason than his claims are simply and flatly untrue,...
Wolf Howling (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
Having finally paid a visit to Iraq but mere days after announcing his findings and conclusions, the Chameleon Candidate gave us more insight into his "strategic vision" for Iraq. I. Obama notes that Petraeus has strongly advised against timelines because they will harm our military effort, but Obama intends to disregard the military advice of his highest commander. Part II Obama Outlines his 16 month...
Radar (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
From the Army Times: "An adviser to incoming U.S. Central Command boss Gen. David Petraeus predicts that the general will seek to re-create his Iraqi success in Afghanistan, using many of the same methods that appear to have turned the tide in Iraq over
