Help for Refugees

At long last the US government is going to succumb to pressure mounted by Ted Kennedy and others to get more generous in our treatment of Iraqi refugees whose lives have been endangered by our adventure in their country.

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According to my local paper (which is actually a pretty durn good regional paper) the number of visas is expanded '10 times'. The new number--5000/yr.

Americans should feel great shame about this aspect of our 'Operation Iraqi Oil--O.I.L'--as the grunts in hummers call it.

Posted by JohnMcC | July 25, 2008 8:55 AM

On a related issue, Mr. Yglesias favorite columnist accuses Maliki of endorsing Senator Osama.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/24/AR2008072402099.html?sub=AR

Posted by SLC | July 25, 2008 8:56 AM

SLC, that link goes to a story about Bob Novak's accident. There's nothing about Maliki or Obama in it.

Posted by Just Dropping By | July 25, 2008 9:07 AM

Re Just Dropping By

Sorry about that. I linked to the article about the man shithead Novak hit in another thread. However, Mr. Yglesias has started another thread above where he links to the Krauthammer column. The correct link is below but the more recent thread is, perhaps, more apropos.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/24/AR2008072403416.html

Posted by SLC | July 25, 2008 9:59 AM

I'm baffled. I thought that The Surge was successful and that all Iraqis except the evil al Qaeda ones could sleep safe and sound. What is this about some of them having to become refugees?

Posted by Arun | July 25, 2008 10:24 AM