We're the Military and Airpower Guys of Jonah Goldberg of National Review Online + a stray we found wandering around looking lost. All original material JHD, BHD, JR, WT, and KA 2003-2007 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/09/of_interest_to.html Sun, 03 Aug 2008 16:20:08 Z Movable Type 4.12 en Copyright 2008 http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification ...and others. First up - a Castle Exclusive! A pic from inside the committee room, right before General Petraeus launched into his testimony... The Armorer had the interesting experience of having an email chat with a house staffer during the hearing. Nothing said will make it to these pages, but it is a sign of the times that a house staffer and a blogger were chatting via email live during the event. Moving along - we provide Congresswoman Boyda's official statement on General Petraeus' report, as well as her quite-proper finger-wagging at the MoveOn.org hissy-snit. Congresswoman Boyda displays a touch... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/09/of_interest_to.html http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/09/of_interest_to.html Tue, 11 Sep 2007 00:23:16 -0600 Nancy Boyda's message translated: "First of all, no matter what I hear from these military guys, I know the war is lost in Iraq. That's the position of my party and I agree with it. I just have to be careful how I phrase it so we can inflict maximum damage on the Republican Party without alienating potential voters. Second, I don't think the United States is capable of fighting a war on multiple fronts, despite what history tells us. Now, that's not to say we shouldn't be fighting somewhere, but Iraq isn't the place, even though al Qaeda says it is and a loss there would, according to the Republicans (and one renegade "Democrat" from Connecticut) have profoundly negative implications for our national security. The "Bush Lied, People Died" meme is effective and we'll use it until we sweep the Republicans from the White House and establish a solid working majority in Congress. Third, I'm decoupling "national security" from "opinion and politics" to help shut down the debate in our favor. I think it worked for the Republicans and if we Democrats can learn to credibly play the national security card we'll hold power for at least a generation. Finally, while I may agree with the central tenet of MoveOn.org's message, it would be political suicide for me to say so in this district." http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/09/of_interest_to.html#comment-64165 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/09/of_interest_to.html#comment-64165 Tue, 11 Sep 2007 07:01:09 -0600 Gee, somebody's doing a good job. I was going to suggest that you might look to assist farther north but then I thought you might learn where the canoes are kept. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/09/of_interest_to.html#comment-64164 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/09/of_interest_to.html#comment-64164 Tue, 11 Sep 2007 06:59:48 -0600