No, President Obama, the US could not be considered a “Muslim country”
The NYT Caucus blog reports on some strange thinking coming out of President Obama as he prepares to embark on another Apology Tour (via Memeorandum):
Vindication for Gen. David Petraeus
It’s no secret by now – to the thinking classes, anyway – that Gen. David Petraeus has been vindicated by the successes we’ve seen take place in Iraq over the last year and a half. The General that the far left has for years loved to hate – even going so far as to take a nasty ad out on him in the NYT that strongly implied he was a “traitor” – has more than proved his worth to the US military, to coalition forces in Iraq, and to those of us here stateside who always believed that the war in Iraq was a worthy cause, and one worth winning.
Hmmm
Read this post about Obama’s visit to Iraq last week, specifically the part where it is alleged that prior to the event the troops were polled as to which ones supported Obama, and those who answered yes were supposedly ushered to the front of the receiving line and given cameras they were told to hold up and take pictures with.
Save Sandbag
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?