Lee on Sep 11 2008 | Filed under: Around the Web
It was early and he’s modified his views somewhat (and somewhat not), but young state senator Barack Obama couldn’t have been more mistaken about the causes and conditions of the 9/11 attacks.
Sphere: Related ContentLee on Sep 01 2008 | Filed under: Foreign affairs, Military Matters, Notes on the war
On Monday the United States officially returned all security duties for Anbar province to Iraqi police and military. The collapse of the Sunni insurgency there now appears to be almost total, with attacks having declined 90% from only two years ago.
The progress is perhaps best illustrated by this dramatic chart from the New York Times:
(NYT via BlogsforVictory)
Is 2006, 1968? The year the antiwar movement stopped paying attention to developments on the ground in the war, as Creighton Abrams’ Vietnamization strategy or Petraeus’ “Iraqification” approach later worked so spectacularly well? With their continued opposition to ongoing stabilization efforts, it certainly seems like a great many in the antiwar left are still captives of that dramatic and pivotal year.
Sphere: Related ContentLee on Aug 06 2008 | Filed under: Around the Web
An excellent visualization of the increase in attacks in Afghanistan’s individual provinces. Broadly, there’s been about a 50% increase in Taliban attacks from last year. An urgent situation, whatever Geoff Morrell thinks.
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