Iraq
Juan Cole looks at the numbers in this LATimes piece, "of 19,000 "insurgents" held by the US military in Iraq, only 135 are foreigners," and shreds the Bush administrations claims regarding Al Qaeda in Iraq.
The LATimes article in question (which is worth a read) leads with the politically unspeakable headline, "Saudis' role in Iraq insurgency outlined: Sunni extremists from Saudi Arabia make up half the foreign fighters in Iraq, many suicide bombers, a U.S. official says."
(It would be my hope that this brings a broader discussion of the Saudis involvement in Iraq.)
Also, (WaPo) Thomas Ricks looks at Bush's repeated invocation of Petraeus and asks whether Petraeus is being set up to take the fall.
And, not an endorsement, but it's out there, The Nation has a massive article interviewing 50 Iraq war vets on some of the worst stories out of Iraq.
Later: Jim Webb vs. Lindsey Graham on Meet the Press.
The LATimes article in question (which is worth a read) leads with the politically unspeakable headline, "Saudis' role in Iraq insurgency outlined: Sunni extremists from Saudi Arabia make up half the foreign fighters in Iraq, many suicide bombers, a U.S. official says."
(It would be my hope that this brings a broader discussion of the Saudis involvement in Iraq.)
Also, (WaPo) Thomas Ricks looks at Bush's repeated invocation of Petraeus and asks whether Petraeus is being set up to take the fall.
And, not an endorsement, but it's out there, The Nation has a massive article interviewing 50 Iraq war vets on some of the worst stories out of Iraq.
Later: Jim Webb vs. Lindsey Graham on Meet the Press.
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11:45 AM
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Not to get off topic (which inevitably I am) but I just gave you one of those "Thinking Blogger awards" over at unbrainwashed, c'mon over and collect!
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Lew Scannon, at 8:04 PM
Cool. Thanks. Coming over.
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mikevotes, at 9:27 PM
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