iraq

The Associated Press reports that two more Tennessee National Guard units are being mobilized for a deployment to Iraq next month.

Dan Lehr doesn’t understand why everyone is so mad at the media for giving them what they so obviously want:

You can spot those with no foreign policy experience like Sarah Palin who don't even know the correct pronunciation of the word: Iraq. I've just listened to Palin and many redneck Republicans pronounce the country as "Eye- Rack." Drives me nuts! (same with "Eye-Ran")

It is pronounced:

You can spot those with no foreign policy experience like Sarah Palin who don’t even know the correct pronunciation of the word: Iraq. I’ve just listened to Palin on CNN (and many redneck Republicans) pronounce the country as “Eye- Rack.” Drives me nuts! (same with “Eye-Ran”)
It is pronounced
-rk, -räk
(sounds like: i-rock’ [...]

In using her Iraq-bound son as campaign prop last night, Sarah Palin may have also violated Operational Security, according to VetVoice.com. Generally, disclosing the date of deployment is illegal.

The worst defense of Sarah Palin's executive experience by a McCain staffer ever, especially in the loathsome insinuation that she has command over the Alaskan National Guard while they are in Iraq:

America’s foreign policy establishment makes the case for staying the course in Iraq:

Democratic Senate Candidate Bob Tuke has refocused a website dedicated to sending care packages to troops for the soon-to-be victims of Hurricane Gustav.

Ilisa Gold seizes upon (and links to) a Religious Conservative's (politically) unfortunate tongue-in-cheek political commentary, in which said-Dobsonite said he was going to pray for God to open the flood gates on Obama's outdoor acceptance speech.

Ilisa Gold seizes upon (and links to) a Religious Conservative’s (politically) unfortunate tongue-in-cheek political commentary, in which said-Dobsonite said he was going to pray for God to open the flood gates on Obama’s outdoor acceptance speech.