Posts tagged troops

• 29 Jul

  Episode: TPMtv

  TPMtv: What's Next for Afghanistan?

  What's Next for Afghanistan?Your Daily Politics Video Blog: At the Netroots Nation conference in Austin TPMtv talked to former NATO Commander and retired General Wesley Clark and former Bush administration counter-terrorism chief Richard Clarke about what course America needs to take to save a darke

• 28 Jul

  Episode: TPMtv

  TPMtv: Sunday Show Roundup: McCain's Campaign of Honor

  Sunday Show Roundup: McCain's Campaign of HonorYour Daily Politics Video Blog: One of John McCain's repeated promises once he won the Republican nomination was that he would wage an honorable and dignified campaign against the Democratic nominee. It seems a significant development therefore that McC

• 17 Jul

  Episode: TPMtv

  TPMtv: Flip-Flop in the Wilderness

  Flip-Flop in the WildernessYour Daily Politics Video Blog: Our question of the day: if a flip flops in the wilderness but no one hears, did it really flop? Or in other words, if a news story like John McCain's recent shift in position on troop levels in Afghanistan doesn't fit in with the dominant n

• 26 Nov

  Episode: TPMtv

  TPMtv: Sunday Show Roundup: The Sweet Smell of Success?

  Sunday Show Roundup: The Sweet Smell of Success? Onward and upward in Iraq? So says John McCain. And Lindsey Graham says the "surge" is probably the most successful counterinsurgency program in the history of the world. But what about political reconciliation? And when do we leave exactly? Catch

• 17 Sep

  Episode: Veracifier

  TPMtv: John McCain vs. The Video Tape

  John McCain vs. The Video Tape2008 Republican presidential candidate Senator John McCain (R-AZ) went on Meet the Press Sunday to debate the war in Iraq with Senator John Kerry (D-MA). And what a show it was. With McCain's deluge of devastating points and dizzying rhetorical takedowns, Kerry was clea

• 13 Sep

  Episode: TPMtv

  TPMtv: The Facts On the Ground

  The Facts On the GroundTonight at 9 p.m. ET President Bush will address the nation in response to this week's congressional testimony by Gen. Petraeus and Amb. Crocker and triumphantly announce the withdrawal of some 30,000 U.S. troops from Iraq by next summer. Call it a cold hunch, but we have a fe

• 27 Aug

  Episode: TPMtv

  TPMtv: Sunday Show Roundup: "Breathing Space"

  Sunday Show Roundup: "Breathing Space"In our Sunday Show Roundup we take a look at the "success" of the surge in providing the Iraqi government the time and space it needs to achieve political reconciliation. The verdict? Not so successful. Allawi's Inside Track?Allawi's Muscle: The CIA-Controlled