So what have you been reading about this week? I've been digesting a good deal on:
- Petraeus and Crocker visit the hill
- political turmoil in Japan
- 9/11 anniversary
- Dem and GOP campaigns, especially the entry of Fred Thompson into the fray
- wave of foreclosures and trouble in the mortgage industry
- this morning, I'm monitoring quake activity in Indonesia and some Putin rumblings in Moscow ... remains to be seen if these will develop into important stories
Oh, and of course there was Britney on the VMAs.
Use the post comments function to weigh in with what you've been reading about this week. I'll read all of those before I write the quiz.
Wednesday, September 12, 2007
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i've been kinda following the release of kayne west's and 50-cent's new ablums, wondering if 50-cent will hold true to his challenge (http://www.slate.com/id/2173648/)
also, there's apparently an ebola outbreak in southern congo that has me a bit concerned (http://africa.reuters.com/wire/news/usnL12818921.html)
CNN has been doing a nice series on a 5 year old Iraqi boy who was severely burned in the face by rebels. He is now in California to get reconstructive surgery. His spirit is amazing.
I just read about Abdul-Sattar Abu Risha, the top Sunni sheik in the Anbar Salvation Council which supports the U.S. forces and the Iraqi government. He was killed today in a roadside bomb. It will be interesting to see what implications this has for troop withdrawl.
Wait... Isn't it paradoxical or contradictory to say one week, the troop surge has paid off, and thus, there will be a troop withdrawals, and then the next, to have America's two top Iraq Advisers, Petraeus and Crocker, agree that maintaining the troop surge is the only way to avoid future chaos? By acting so deceptively, I think the administration has covered all its bases. Those who want more troops are appeased, and so too are those who want out of Iraq... Really? Ignorance is not bliss, and neither is confusion fueled by smoke and mirrors.
I have also seen several references to what is being coined a "symbolic withdrawal" of troops, but to what end? I am all for getting American's out of Iraq, but is that really the motivation behind this plan? Is it a symbolic withdrawal, or a political withdrawal, and what will this mean for those who remain in Iraq? It worries me, big time.
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