Bush at the April 28 press conference: Q: …Do you feel, as you are confronting these problems, the number of troops you’ve left tied up in Iraq is limiting your options to go beyond the diplomatic solutions that you described for North Korea and Iran? THE PRESIDENT: No, I appreciate that question. The person to ask that to, the person … Read More
How’s Democracy In The Middle East?
Women of Kuwait denied vote by Islamist lawmakers A plan to allow Kuwaiti women to participate in local elections was postponed indefinitely yesterday when Islamist and conservative legislators abstained from a vote. Source This is Kuwait we’re talking about, folks.
More Historical Revisionism From The Right
NOW: “I don’t think the rationale for the war hinged on the existence of stockpiles.” – Undersecretary of Defense Douglas Feith, The New Yorker, 5/9/05 THEN: “I’d like to spend a moment, if I can, stressing in particular the crucial task of eliminating weapons of mass destruction. We have begun detailed planning for this task, which includes securing, assessing and … Read More
The Last Word On WMDs
The final remaining hope of the WMD-last-gaspers has been the notion that Saddam did have WMD but transferred it all to Syria before the war. As I recall, the most popular scenario involved a fleet of ambulances and some hideouts in Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley. But no. Not only did Saddam not have any WMD in Iraq, the Iraq Survey Group … Read More
Cold Black Hearts
Yesterday I posted about the sad death of Marla Ruzicka, the California humanitarian who went to Afghanistan and Iraq to help innocent victims (often, orphaned children) of those wars. She was killed in a car bomb explosion in Bagdhad Saturday while en route to visit a young girl orphaned in the Iraqi War. It seems that the right wing blogosphere … Read More
Marla Ruzicka, R.I.P.
Marla Ruzicka is one of the heroes of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. While surely there has been heroism and courage shown by the men and women in our military who fight with great honor and courage in what many of us still consider a flawed and stupid war, the courage and heroism is not limited to those Americans in … Read More
More on the Whining Crybabies
Yesterday, I blogged about the whining crybabies on the right who are upset because the Pulitizer Prize for cartooning went to someone on the left. Athenae talks about the other gripe they have, and he is totally correct: Via Atrios: disgusting sons of bitches. Now, the right-wing pajama brigade is in full attack mode against the Pulitzer Prize awarded this … Read More
Drunken Iraqi Liar Provided Most of Rummy’s Intelligence On Iraq’s WMDs
Why am I not suprised at this?
Baghdad’s Grassy Knoll?
Body and Soul has the low-down on the killing of Nicola Calipari, the Italian intelligence agent who American soldiers shot and killed early this month as he was transporting an Italian kidnap victim to safety. The U.S. government story has always been that the American soldiers, located on the most dangerous road in Baghdad, got a little jumpy and fired … Read More
Support Our Troops?
The latest fad among our soldiers? Videotaping the "charred, decapitated and bloody corpses" that they have killed, edit it together against a backdrop of loud headbanging music, and keeping the tapes as entertaining mementos. Barbarians.
Iraq Invasion — Two Years Later
Since this is the second anniversary of the Iraq War, let’s look at the numbers: 200: Lowest estimated number in billions of U.S. taxpayers’ dollars that have been spent on the war in Iraq 152,000: Estimated number of troops currently deployed in Iraq 1,511: U.S. troops killed in Iraq since the invasion 11,285: Americans wounded since the invasion was launched … Read More
108
Unbelieveable. At least 108 people have died in American custody in Iraq and Afghanistan, most of them violently, according to government data provided to The Associated Press. Roughly a quarter of those deaths have been investigated as possible abuse by U.S. personnel. The figure, far higher than any previously disclosed, includes cases investigated by the Army, Navy, CIA and Justice … Read More
Support Our Ex-Troops, Too
Another kind of hero: Un-Volunteering: Troops Improvise to Find Way Out By MONICA DAVEY Published: March 18, 2005 he night before his Army unit was to meet to fly to Iraq, Pvt. Brandon Hughey, 19, simply left. He drove all night from Texas to Indiana, and on from there, with help from a Vietnam veteran he had met on the … Read More
The Healing Of One Man’s Soul
Take some time to read Jimmy Massey’s story: Jimmy Massey is a young man of Irish-American heritage, tall, fit, and straight. His eyes are clear and his voice is strong. A proud son of the mountains of western North Carolina, his twelve years as a Marine are still apparent in his physical appearance. When he tells you his story, you … Read More
Little Lulu Bent Out Of Shape
I understand that I am not a conservative, so my brain is wired a little differently. But I consider myself a reasonably intelligent person with the ability to understand different points of view, even if I don’t necessarily agree with them. Still, I have to admit that many of Michelle Malkin’s outrages simply stump me. Take this, for instance: This … Read More