Last week, the surge didn’t really make any difference. It was the political coalitions that did come together that Pelosi just denied have come together and have worked! This party cannot even get on the same page about all this. This is a party that has invested in defeat, and Pelosi still is. Obama is […]

Meet the Press — Tom Brokaw said to Obama, “This is what USA Today had to say about your position on the surge. ‘Why can’t Obama bring himself to acknowledge the surge worked better than he and other skeptics thought that it would? That’s a conditioned response on their part. What is the stubbornness say […]

This past weekend, Lawrence, Massachusetts welcomed Army Staff Sgt. Alex Jimenez home. Fourteen months ago, the 25-year-old was reported missing after he and two other soldiers were captured during an ambush in Iraq.On Saturday, Sgt. Jimenez’s flag-draped casket, resting atop a horse-drawn carriage, was somberly escorted by members of the 10th Mountain Division through flag-lined […]

Analysis: US now winning Iraq war that seemed lost By ROBERT BURNS and ROBERT H. REID – 2 days ago BAGHDAD (AP) – The United States is now winning the war that two years ago seemed lost. Limited, sometimes sharp fighting and periodic terrorist bombings in Iraq are likely to continue, possibly for years. But […]

Nebraska’s alleged Republican Senator, Chuck Hagel, came back home from his “Hey, Look at me! I’m Barack’s buddy!” tour in Iraq, and he had some advice for both presidential candidates. Senator Hagel — the “Wizard of Smart” — implored both McCain and Obama to “quit talking about, ‘Did the surge work or not work?’ or, […]