Goal Posts Moved Again
September’s not looking good, I guess:
The No. 2 U.S. commander in Iraq said Tuesday that the next three to four months will be crucial in determining whether the United States can start to withdraw troops from Iraq without sacrificing security gains since the troop buildup began early this year.
Lt. Gen. Raymond Odierno [...]
How’s That Surge Workin’?
Of course it’s not.
Despite the plan, which has brought an additional 28,500 U.S. troops to Iraq since February, none of the major legislation that Washington had expected the Iraqi parliament to pass into law has been approved.
The number of Iraqis fleeing their homes has increased, not decreased, according to the United Nations’ International Organization for [...]
Shakespearean Daily Diss
“This outward-sainted deputy,
Whose settle’d visage and deliberate word
Nips youth in th’head and follies doth enew
As falcon doth the fowl, is yet a devil:
His filth within being cast, he would appear
A pond as deep as hell.” —Measure For Measure, 3.1.88-93
