Bad News
By Thomas JeffreyArticle Posted: Sunday August 5, 2007
A man who this Leftwing Nutjob considers to be among the most honest within the Bush Administration has returned from Baghdad with yet another blunt assessment of Iraq War progress.
Speaking to reporters on Thursday, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates stated that the Bush Administration may have underestimated the inherent vitriol between the two warring factions in Iraq, and that reconciliation between the Sunnis and the Shiites may be more difficult than originally hoped.
Mr. Gates spoke just hours after the Sunni delegation to Iraq’s Parliament announced that they were resigning, adding insult to injury as the entire parliamentary body choose to ignore international pleas to stay in session last week and instead recessed for a month-long summer vacation.
But Mr. Gates did offer his optimism that an accommodation could eventually be reached between the two parties, with a political reconciliation in regards to long-stalled legislation becoming obtainable if the administration’s security goals for the country could be reached.
Iraqi progress ‘disappoints’ US — BBC News
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Podcast #117
By Thomas JeffreyArticle Posted: Tuesday April 15, 2008
Leftwing Nutjob Podcast, Episode 117, for Sunday, April 13, 2008
Penn hits the bricks, Iran in the spotlight again, the Obama money machine, al Qaeda’s rising star and more!