Their story of lawlessness, mayhem and murder in Iraq.
U.S. veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are planning to descend on Washington from Mar. 13-16 to testify about war crimes they committed or personally witnessed in those countries.
“The war in Iraq is not covered to its potential because of how dangerous it is for […]
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Iraq Veterans Against the War
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The “Not so Successful” Surge
Published by February 24th, 2008 in Politics, Clinton, Iraq, military and Obama. 0 CommentsLast Thursday the Washington Post published a column by Michael Kinsley about The Surge titled “Defining Victory Downward.” Here are a few excerpts:
It was also, implicitly, part of a deal between Bush and the majority of Americans, who want out. The deal was: just let me have a few more soldiers to get Baghdad under […]
Hearts and Minds
Published by October 3rd, 2007 in Religion, Iraq, War, Fascism, military, Evil and Blackwater. 0 CommentsSo this is how we are winning the hearts and minds of the Iraqi people:
The committee staff report said Blackwater guards had engaged in nearly 200 shootings in Iraq since 2005, and in the vast majority of cases the guards fired their weapons from moving vehicles without stopping to count the dead or assist the […]
Bush’s Game Plan
Published by September 14th, 2007 in Politics, al Qaeda, bush, congress, Iraq, War, military and failure. 0 CommentsFollowing a week of testimony from General Petraeus and Ambassador Crocker, Bush appeared on TV last night and said:
In their testimony, these men made clear that our challenge in Iraq is formidable. Yet they concluded that conditions in Iraq are improving, that we are seizing the initiative from the enemy, and that the troop surge […]
Byrd on Bush
Published by May 2nd, 2007 in Politics, bush, congress, Iraq, War and military. 0 CommentsExcerpts from Robert Byrd’s Senate floor speech on May 1, 2007:
Ralph Waldo Emerson said, “A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines.” No matter how many times the President wishes it were so, peace in Iraq will not be found at the barrel of an American […]
Swinging Back to the Middle
Published by February 26th, 2007 in Politics, Church & State, Church & State, Religion, military, Christian Coalition and Wiccan. 0 CommentsAccording to this column from The Guardian, it looks as though the right wing has taken their strange brew of fundamentalist Christianity and politics about as far as they can, and now things are starting to move back towards a more tolerant middle:
…a growing number of American Christians are uneasy about allowing religion to become […]
Surging Outrage
Published by January 3rd, 2007 in Politics, bush, Iraq, War, military, Countdown and Keith Olbermann. 0 CommentsDavid Froomkin’s piece in today’s Washington Post is a damn good read. In it, he quotes Keith Olbermann’s special comment on “sacrifice”:
Your most respected generals see no value in a “surge” — they could not possibly see it in this madness of “sacrifice.”
The Iraq Study Group told you it would be a mistake.
Perhaps dozens more have […]
Multiple Choice
Published by November 20th, 2006 in bush, Iraq, War, McCain and military. 0 CommentsThe Pentagon says we three choices of strategies to improve the situation in Iraq:
A. Go Big
B. Go Long
C. Go Home
Last week during congressional hearings, General Abizaid told Senator McCain:
“We can put in 20,000 more Americans tomorrow and achieve a temporary effect. But when you look at the overall American force pool that’s available out there, […]
Ashamed to be an American
Published by November 2nd, 2006 in Middle East, 9/11, Iraq, War and military. 0 CommentsI can’t even begin to wrap my brain around the death that the United States is responsible for over in Iraq.
While posting a comment to another post, I came across information about the number of deaths that can be attributed to the United States’ involvement in Iraq since 1991.
9/11 was a tragedy, 2,752 deaths […]
Body Count
Published by October 24th, 2006 in Politics, Humor, Iraq, military and Mr. Fish. 0 CommentsÂ
Cartoon by Mr. Fish.
Words by Pierre Tristam.
When an American soldier dies his story is written up in his hometown paper, powerfully enough usually, but the story’s effect is limited to that newspaper’s readership zone. There is no totality in the reporting of war casualties, no sense that one soldier’s death, no matter where from, affects […]