Author: clammyc

What if the Kurds beat back Turkey?

Before getting into the ramifications of a Turkey/Kurd conflict in Iraq, I just want to point out that Saddam was charged with gassing the Kurds in the 1980s and that was one reason that he was an evil man whose country we must...

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The failure of the “Anbar model’s success”

A lot has been made of the success in Anbar, even though the so-called “surge” had absolutely nothing to do with Anbar, and the tactics used in Anbar are vastly different from those used in Baghdad. And while metrics such as...

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Notice a Pattern Here?

A far cry from the taunts of a “permanent republican majority” that we were hearing a few short years ago, there has been a major flurry of resignations and announcements of “early retirements” and “not seeking re-election” over...

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It’s Hard Work Fighting an Army of Strawmen

You have to feel for our conservative, neoconservative, right wing and keyboard kommando brethren. I mean, there is just so much that they are up against. With total control of Congress for over a decade, the White House and the...

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The Party That Likes to Destroy People’s Lives

Now, it isn’t totally that simple, but it really is that simple. This has been the general modus operandi for the republican party – at least over the past decade. Forget about governing, forget about issues, forget about any...

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