Turning Republicans into heroes
Jesus Christ, Harry, whatever happened to September? If the Republicans successfully filibuster this and the war continues to turn around, you’ve just turned every filibustering Republican into a visible hero of democracy, an honest-to-god stand-up Boris Yeltsin.
As it stands today, filibustering is a boring procedural move. Return it to actually having to filibuster, and it’s an exciting stand against authority. You’re actually going to make the Republicans cool.
- Democrats vow all-night session on Iraq
- “According to one member who attended, Bush made a brief surprise visit and thanked the staffers—spokespeople for Republican leadership on Capitol Hill—for sticking behind him. Bush told the staffers he would not rethink his Iraq policies until a critical military assessment comes in September.”
- 51% Say Wait Till September for Iraq Policy Change
- “Fifty-one percent (51%) of American voters say that the United States should wait for the September progress report before making major policy changes in Iraq. A Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey found that 38% disagree.”
- Reid: Republicans Must Allow Up-Or-Down Vote On Amendment To Change Course In Iraq
- “Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid spoke on the floor on the U.S. Senate today, urging Republicans to allow an up-or-down vote on the Levin-Reed amendment to the Defense Authorization bill that will transition the mission in Iraq.”
- Iraq the Model
- “New points of view about the future of Iraq.”
- Michael Yon
- “I told the Iraqi commander, Captain Baker, that it was important that Americans see this…”
- Why liberals should love this war
- “The truth is, liberals should love the war in Iraq, since it’s being fought to a great extent along notions of soft power over hard power. It’s much less about firepower than it is about the power of basic services to bring about peace. It’s about bringing “good government” and civil liberties and human rights to war torn Baghdad.”
- Pace: Iraq Has Turned Around
- “The most remarkable part of the story shows the increasing confidence of the military that they have finally hit on the right strategy and the right leadership in Iraq.”
More Iraq
- Lessons for new Presidents: Entangling long-term alliances
- How will our foreign policy change after President Obama’s Fortress America?
- President Obama violin concertos console bereaved Iraqis
- President’s iPod an oasis in crisis for the stress of a historic presidency, and the Middle East.
- Will prohibition destroy the Iraq turnaround?
- World prohibition threatens to turn the Iraq turnaround back towards violence and gang warfare.
- It is right to stop genocidal dictators
- “No free nation can remain indifferent to the steady erosion of freedom around the globe. The survival of liberty in our land increasingly depends on the success of liberty in other lands.”
- Al-Qaeda tea-parties in Iraq?
- Did Saddam Hussein support terrorists? According to the Washington Post, yes. It’s all a matter of how you read their article.
- Seven more pages with the topic Iraq, and other related pages
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Blogroll
- According To Hoyt
- Ace of Spades HQ
- The Anchoress
- John Hayward
- Legal Insurrection
- National Motorists blog
- The Other McCain
- samizdata.net
- Sultan Knish
Update: added link to Captain’s Quarters.