Critical reports on the Iraq war have been released and/or leaked. Petraeus’ recommendations will be forthcoming next week. War protests and counter protests will be held in DC over the course of the next two weeks. Michelle Malkin has the details here.
Via the AP:
First, many thanks to Jules for inviting me to guest blog at his place, and for the warm reception I received from his regular commenters. It’s been a real treat blogging alongside some of the blogosphere’s finest, and hopefully I’ll get the opportunity to do so again the next time Jules decides to take a hiatus from his tavern responsibilities. Jules, hope I didn’t leave too much of a mess! To you, Dissident Frogman (whose most recent post touched on a topic I’m about to discuss), I leave my lightly perfumed lavendar scarf which I’d be honored to have you wear on your arm around France as my champion. Just don’t wear it the next time you come to America, though. You might have quite few people look at you funny 😉 Until we meet again, mon ami …
Investigating officer Lt. Col. Paul J. Ware has recommended dropping all charges against yet another Marine in the Haditha case:
I kept in mind while reading this editorial masquerading as a straight news piece that it was published in the NYT, but even at that, I was absolutely stunned to read their revisionist history tactics on the Vietnam war while at the same time bashing Bush over the head for his speech yesterday to the VFW on how we had to learn the lessons from Vietnam and not leave Iraq like we did ‘nam, or it would be just as disastrous. This part was especially breathtaking:
Praise from none other than Senators Carl Levin (D-MI) and John Warner (R-VA), noted critics of the Iraq war:
