Friday, August 11, 2006
'Great peril of losing the war'
Michael Yon, who uses Massachusetts as his base, is issuing warnings about Iraq. But the military brass isn't giving Michael -- one of the more pro-military correspondents out there -- access to blog and see for himself what the heck is working and not working in Iraq. ...
... OK, OK. Duty also compels Hub Blog to comment on Joe Lieberman's war-related loss on Tuesday. First, I'm tired of Charles Krauthammer. Second, though I think Scot underplays the role of moonbats in Tuesday's primary, he makes a convincing case that an earlier realistic assessment of the war (i.e., actual criticism that pointed out everything isn't going swell) could have tipped the election to Joe. The lesson learned from the election might be that strident pro-war or anti-war stands are not what most Americans want to hear right now. ... The ability to adapt and criticize is one of the reasons why I like Michael Yon. The inability to adapt and criticize is why I've grown tired of people like Charles Krauthammer and Joe Lieberman. ...
Michael Yon, who uses Massachusetts as his base, is issuing warnings about Iraq. But the military brass isn't giving Michael -- one of the more pro-military correspondents out there -- access to blog and see for himself what the heck is working and not working in Iraq. ...
... OK, OK. Duty also compels Hub Blog to comment on Joe Lieberman's war-related loss on Tuesday. First, I'm tired of Charles Krauthammer. Second, though I think Scot underplays the role of moonbats in Tuesday's primary, he makes a convincing case that an earlier realistic assessment of the war (i.e., actual criticism that pointed out everything isn't going swell) could have tipped the election to Joe. The lesson learned from the election might be that strident pro-war or anti-war stands are not what most Americans want to hear right now. ... The ability to adapt and criticize is one of the reasons why I like Michael Yon. The inability to adapt and criticize is why I've grown tired of people like Charles Krauthammer and Joe Lieberman. ...
