Just how wrong is Obama on Iraq?

Well, let's see, he wants us out ASAP. He believes the Iraqi government has done nothing to meet any benchmarks. He thinks we need to abandon Iraq and move everyone to Afghanistan to fight Al Qaeda and invade Pakistan.

To see just how horribly wrong he is, you need to read what The New Reality in Iraq is. Written by Fred Kagan, Kim Kagan, and Jack Keane of The Wall Street Journal via IraqStatusReport

• All of the most important objectives of the surge have been accomplished in Iraq. The sectarian civil war is ended; al Qaeda in Iraq (AQI) has been dealt a devastating blow; and the Sadrist militia and other Iranian-backed militant groups have been disrupted.

  Meanwhile, the Iraqi government has accomplished almost all of the legislative benchmarks set by the U.S. Congress and the Bush administration. More important, it is gaining wider legitimacy among the population. The attention of Iraqis across the country is focused on the upcoming provincial elections, which will be a pivotal moment in Iraq's development.

And, Obama isn't the only one wrong on Iraq

His whole party is right there with him. From Peter Wehner at The Daily Standard is Obama, the Democrats, and the Surge

• This is the week that the Democratic party ran up the white flag when it comes to the surge in Iraq. Leading the surrender was none other than Barack Obama, the Democratic party's presumptive nominee for president and among the most vocal critics of the counterinsurgency plan that has transformed the Iraq war from a potentially catastrophic loss to what may turn out to be a historically significant victory.

Hat tip to Pejman Yousefzadeh at Redstate for the link. It's a great writeup so go read the whole article, and if you have time, Pejman's too.

Friday humor

Yeah, it's early, but I'm on a roll tonight ...

She is obviously a Democrat and recognized him as a Republican...

A spinning barstool

Courtesy of the McCain camp, via Steven Foley at The Minority Report

You could get almost as dizzy sitting on a barstool and having your kids or spouse spin you around, but this one is pretty effective too.

Within the "Margin of error"?

So the man made global warming scam has now been mathematically confirmed to be a total scam. From Right Wing News (cuz you obviously won't see this anywhere from the MSM) is Mathematically Confirmed: There Is No Climate Change Crisis

• WASHINGTON (7-15-08) — Mathematical proof that there is no "climate crisis" appears today in a major, peer-reviewed paper in Physics and Society, a learned journal of the 10,000-strong American Physical Society, SPPI reports.
  

  Christopher Monckton, who once advised Margaret Thatcher, demonstrates via 30 equations that computer models used by the UN's climate panel (IPCC) were pre-programmed with overstated values for the three variables whose product is "climate sensitivity" (temperature increase in response to greenhouse-gas increase), resulting in a 500-2000% overstatement of CO2's effect on temperature in the IPCC's latest climate assessment report, published in 2007.

Yeah, but what do they know, they're just 10,000 or so physicists...

Sweeeeeet...

Hat tip to NightTwister for this one.

I always love to see a Republican smackdown of a double talking Democrat. Bob Schaffer handed an all time classic to Mark Udall in a recent debate. For your viewing pleasure, here it is:

Ya gotta just love it when that happens...

Iraq update from Michael Yon email

From the latest Yon email:

• 
  We have won the war in Iraq. By "we" I mean the Coalition and the Iraqis. Unless there is some unexpected reversal, what lays ahead is the challenge of building a better Iraq. There is still violence. We have lost four soldiers to combat this month, but there were times when we lost that many on an average day. There still are attacks, though we have finally reached the point where all that's left are truly "dead-enders." Al Qaeda is still a problem, but their numbers are decreasing in Iraq. The Iraqi people are sick of the violence. The Iraqi Army is filled with courageous soldiers who can fight. It is possible that by the end of the year we can really say, "Mission Accomplished," except for the continued support that Iraq will need.
  
  Personally, my optimism has never been higher for Iraq. Please click for some statistics.
  
  Very Respectfully,
  
  Michael

Also, check out his website and his Success in Iraq post

• Now it's time to rebuild the country, and create a pluralistic, stable and peaceful Iraq. That will be long, hard work. But by my estimation, the Iraq War is over. We won. Which means the Iraqi people won.