What’s next in Iraq?
Iraq held parliamentary elections yesterday. It is estimated that turnout was 62 percent, not bad at all under the circumstances (but with bombings and other forms of violence, the circumstances were bad).
No party came close to 50 percent, so there will be an extended period of post-election deadlock. Under Iraq’s constitution, a [...]
President Obama’s Statement on the Iraqi Elections (Updated)
Updated to include the President’s remarks from the Rose Garden this afternoon.
Click here to see the video.
THE PRESIDENT: Good afternoon, everybody. Today, the people of Iraq went to the polls to choose their leaders in Iraq’s second national election. By any measure, this was an important milestone in Iraqi history. Dozens of parties [...]
White House accuses Downing Street of making ‘a mistake’ over intelligence claim
The White House has accused Downing Street of making “a mistake” over allegations that Britain told American intelligence agents more than a year ago that the Detroit bomber had links to extremists.
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Re Obama’s Deadliest Screw Ups
Erick Erickson posits over at RedState: “Either this White House is willfully trying to sabotage the intelligence community or they are rank amateurs”:
It appears Barack Obama inexperience and amateurishness has just started bonfires on the bridges connecting him to the American intelligence community and delivered a huge, HUGE psychological win to Al Qaeda.
People tell me [...]
Obama and Yemen (cont’d)
The White House spin on Yemen continues. Today, a “senior administration official” tells Mike Allen that the administration has been getting tough in Yemen for a year.
Throughout this year, the President has urged greater focus on and investment in the fight against al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula and on support for the Government [...]
In France, an unnecessary debate begins to feel necessary
Last month, the French government announced the beginning of what it called a “great debate on national identity.” I discussed aspects of that debate here.
Debates about momentous issues pertaining to race, ethnicity, and/or national identity may sound worthwhile. However, when the government initiates and sponsors them, they generally have little value other [...]
