daisyscarlett:
THANK YOU for posting a mini-DOSE tonight . . . It was just a few weeks ago that I was sitting in our President’s pew at St. John’s; unfortunately, he wasn’t there at the time!
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MUST READ . . .
POLLS ARE POLLS AND BEEF IS BEEF
In terms of the economy and the more recent war effort, the beefs have it.
By Thomas E. Nugent
The adversaries of President George W. Bush are having a hard time dealing with the fact that the economy continues to do well: a 3.9 percent jump in GDP for the third quarter, a 4.9 percent increase in productivity, surprisingly low inflation, and booming exports even though “everybody around the world really hates us.” At the same time, tax-revenue data have been impressive. Since the Bush tax cuts of 2003, tax revenues have been surging (and the deficit falling) alongside an expanding economy.
And still, Bush supposedly has done a bad job with the economy, and other matters, or so we hear. “Where’s the beef?” the detractors ask, and when they find some beef they say it’s rancid. But I want to ask the detractors this very same question. “Where’s your beef?”
You can read the entire commentary here:
http://article.nationalreview.com/?
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AT TROOP COMMENCEMENT, A TIME FOR IRAQI OPTIMISM
By Leila Fadel | McClatchy Newspapers
Posted on Sunday, November 18, 2007
BAGHDAD — In the expanse of grey desert east of Baghdad, an Iraqi Army brigade marched Sunday in matching boots and uniforms with M-16 rifles slung over their shoulder, showing off their new formation to Prime Minister Nouri al Maliki.
The ceremony marked the first time an Iraqi brigade had made it to graduation as a fully trained and equipped unit, and dignitaries portrayed it as a milestone. When a second brigade completes training, about 4,000 Iraqi soldiers will be added to Baghdad, freeing four Iraqi battalions to return home and fill holes left by a nearly year-long campaign to secure the capital.
“This will increase the combat strength of the Iraqi Army throughout the country,” said Lt. Gen. James Dubik, commander of the Multi-National Security Transition Command.
. . . At the end of the ceremony Maliki declared himself, the government and Iraq a success, but warned the recruits.
“You have been taught the importance of the chain of command, you are not to be influenced in any way by any who are outside your chain of command,” he said. “Leave politics to politicians ... you as military men, as soldiers, as heroes have the responsibility to protect the state so that all may live in peace whether they are in harmony or have differences.”
As he finished his speech and began to walk away, about 2,000 young men surrounded him waving their unloaded weapons in the air. “With our soul, with our blood we will die for you Iraq,” they chanted. Maliki shook his fist in the air and mouthed the words quietly.
You can read the entire article here:
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/homepage/story/21757.html
Thanks Doc, great article.
Pray for W and Our Victorious Troops
A wonderful article. Thanks for posting it.
Awesome article, Deb. A snippet from it ... it was at Besmaya where the Iraqi soldiers donated $1,000 for the CA fires.
What wonders our merciful God creates.
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“At the Besmaya Training Camp, where soldiers are trained by a joint Iraqi-U.S. team, young graduates waited nervously for the prime minister to arrive as they practiced chants and waved unloaded M-16s in the air.”