How could you leave your best friend behind to face an uncertain, dangerous future? British soldiers of the Queen’s Royal Hussars are facing that very question as they prepare to leave the Iraqi port of Umm Qasr for the UK at the end of the month: What to do about Sandbag, the dog they adopted, who’s become their loyal guardian and friend?
Are you paying attention, those of you on the far left who rooted for failure in Iraq?
Why thank Bush? For authorizing the surge plan – you know, the one President Obama opposed as a junior Senator and still opposed as a candidate for president (even after it was blatantly evident that the violence and killings had dramatically decreased) – that eventually helped the security situation in Iraq stabilize and the political reconciliation process begin to take place to the point that the Commander in Chief after him could put in place a realistic withdrawal plan, approved by top military brass as well as supported by top Republicans, that would allow our troops an honorable exit from Iraq within 19 months with a certain number of forces sticking around just in case?
Fox News reports that President Obama is talking about how many American troops will be home from Iraq by the next Super Bowl:
Over the last year or so we’ve been treated to stories from the MSM about “historians” who suggest that President Bush will be remembered as one of the “worst” in history, if not the worst. While his domestic policies aren’t making anyone happy these days (and in fact, he will leave office next week with an approval rating in the low 30s), when it comes to foreign policy, specifically the global war on terror – the defining issue of our time – it is the one issue where more often than not, he got it right.
Via the Christian Science Monitor: “Shoes flung at Bush flying from shelves” – ba da da da da (to the tune of the McDonald’s theme song) and guess who’s “loving it”?
