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• Cursor.org - Table of Contents page: ... January 21 With Iraq " irretrievably broken ," Andrew Bacevich argues that the only undeniable success of the ...
• TAPPED | The American Prospect (#): ... Trust. That's touching. Interestingly, in most contexts, paying an armed gang not to attack you is called "extortion." In Iraq, it's called "the plan." As Andrew Bacevich noted in his latest demolition of surge propaganda, while the surge has failed to achieve any of the political goals set out for it in Iraq, it has, at least as far as its proponents are concerned, achieved the arguably more important political goals set out for it here in the ...
• Hullabaloo: ... We have repeatedly said that there is no lights at the end of the tunnel that we’re seeing. We’re certainly not dancing in the end zone or anything like that. As Andrew Bacevich said the other day, this was actually the real goal of the surge - to keep our troops stuck in Iraq for as long as possible, so the occupation could be passed off to the next President. ...
• Crooks and Liars: ... UPDATE: Andrew Bacevich in WaPo says don’t kid yourself, we’re on the “ Surge to Nowhere ” and at GNB, Evan looks at Legions of Imperial America. ...
• Rising Hegemon (#): ... In the name of that knowledge, and that sacrifice he addresses the phony, faux screeches of victory, where no victory exists in Iraq -- and the cowards (like the Kagans) it has bequeathed to us in the future: Look beyond the spin, the wishful thinking, the intellectual bullying and the myth-making. ...
• Think Progress (#): ... UPDATE: Boston University professor Andrew J. Bacevich also writes an op-ed entitled “ Surge to Nowhere ” today in the Post: “In only one respect has the surge achieved undeniable success: It has ensured that U.S. troops won’t be coming home anytime soon. This was one of the main points of the exercise in the first place.” ...
• No More Mister Nice Blog: ... Far more important is what Mike O'Hanlon and Gordon's anonymous military sources think we should do. Fortunately, Andrew Bacevich says what the surge has really been successful for: In only one respect has the surge achieved undeniable success: It has ensured that U.S. troops won't be coming home ...
• The Mahablog (#): ... I’m taking a sick day. Until tomorrow, read – Andrew Bachevich, “ Surge to Nowhere ” Jonathan Steele, “A Failure to Think” Carry on. ...
• CathiefromCanada (#): ... Strait of Hormuz dust-up, and Defense secretary Gates acting hard-done-by and the continuing promotion of the idea that the Iraq War has been won, I'm starting to wonder whether ducks are being lined up here. ...
• Eschaton (#): Indeed: In only one respect has the surge achieved undeniable success: It has ensured that U.S. troops won't be coming home anytime soon. ...
• Informed Comment: ... 20, 2008 Iraq is Still a Bad Bargain Andrew Bacevich eviscerates the Iraq War party with this passionate and clear-sighted essay on 'the Surge to Nowhere' in WaPo . He points out that the real motivation behind last year's troop escalation was to avoid popular outrage building in the US electorate to the point where the troops were pulled out. ...
• Phronesisaical (#): ... See also Glenn Greenwald's fine piece in Salon on the endless Iraq War and its inheritance with the next administration. And then go to Andrew Bacevich's terrific piece in the WaPo on why "the surge" furthers the perpetual war. posted by helmut at 11:48 AM ...
• Prairie Weather (#): The gritty truth remains even though it's not available through the usual channels to many Americans. Andrew Bacevich lays it on on the line. ...
• The Agonist | thoughtful, global, timely: ... Iraq The Surge to Nowhere Look beyond the spin, the wishful thinking, the intellectual bullying and the myth-making. The real legacy of the surge is that it will enable Bush to bequeath the Iraq war to his successor. ...
• The Reaction (#): ... dday on this: As Andrew Bacevich said the other day, this was actually the real goal of the surge -- to keep our troops stuck in Iraq for as long as possible, so the occupation could be passed off to the next President. ...
• Best of the Blogs (#): ... Reagan too, though someone tell the pigs. We’re on the surge to nowhere . (If the song’s going to be in my head, dammit, be in yours too.) I, for one, am convinced the ...
• The Blue Voice (#): ... But The Surge, aka the McCain escalation, hasn't worked those miracles that the war fans fantasize that they see. Andrew Bacevich has some pointed comments on the topic in the Washington Post 01/20/08 in Surge to Nowhere : As the fifth anniversary of Operation Iraqi Freedom nears, the fabulists are again trying to weave their own version of the war. ...
• Cursor.org - Table of Contents page: ... January 21 With Iraq " irretrievably broken ," Andrew Bacevich argues that the only undeniable success of the ...
• Economist's View (#): ... Data Passes Threshold Where Recessions Dwell - New York Times Additional thoughts on stimulus - William J. Polley Surge to Nowhere - washingtonpost.com Emergency Room Delays - NY Times ...
• PBD - Progressive Blog Digest: ... Inside the White House, in fact. . . . [read on] “The Surge to Nowhere” http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/01/18/AR2008011802873.html [Andrew Bacevich] As the fifth anniversary of Operation Iraqi Freedom nears, the fabulists are again trying to weave their own version of the war. ...
• thoughts on the eve of the apocalypse (#): Andrew Bacevich offers a useful, if nonetheless limited -- e.g., the invasion of Iraq was an "egregious strategic blunder," not a monstrous crime -- corrective to all the "surge is working!" crowing. ...
• Greatscat!: ... Surging Nowhere Fast... Andrew J. Bacevich "In reality, the war's effects are precisely the inverse of those that Bush and his lieutenants expected. Baghdad has become a strategic cul-de-sac. ...
• 2Millionth Web Log: ... "Surge to Nowhere" Burning Down Iraq * This op-ed has already been noted by the big blogs, but if you missed it, by all means give it a look. To say that any amount of "kicking ass" will make Iraq whole once again is pure fantasy. ...
• D-Day (#): ... So no, they didn't get their war. But they're hoping to escape Iraq by the skin of their teeth, creating a situation that is untenable but that they won't be blamed for. And that was the entire point . As the violence in Baghdad and Anbar province abates, the political and economic dysfunction enveloping Iraq has become all the more apparent. ...
• Liberty Street (#): ... Glenn also links to a must-read op-ed in today's Washington Post by Andrew Bacevich, who contends that the "surge" has succeeded in the only way it was truly meant to succeed : In short, the surge has done nothing to overturn former secretary of state Colin Powell's now-famous "Pottery Barn" rule: Iraq is irretrievably broken, and we own it. ...
• Reason Magazine - Hit & Run (#): Posted on January 22, 2008, 11:25am Jesse Walker Think the surge has been a success? Here's a reality check from the conservative historian Andrew Bacevich. ...
• democracyarsenal.org (#): by Shawn Brimley Folks, Andrew Bacevich has a powerful critique of the Iraq war in today's Washington Post. I hesitate to even post excerpts but he finishes up the piece by asking: But how exactly do these sacrifices serve the national interest? What has the loss of nearly 4,000 U.S. ...
• Matthew Yglesias (#): 20 Jan 2008 04:16 pm Not surprisingly, I agree with Andrew Bacevich : Look beyond the spin, the wishful thinking, the intellectual bullying and the myth-making. ...
• Brian Beutler (#): ... 1/21/08 1:54PM EST leave a comment Andrew Bacevitch makes the case (again) that the surge hasn't succeeded because strategies that don't meet their objectives are failures by definition. ...