As the Pentagon announced the deaths of 10 more US soldiers in Iraq on Memorial Day, May has become the worst month since 2004. At the end of the month, May 2007 had the highest death toll for US troops (124) since November 2004. With White House plans to double the number of combat troops [...]
Iraqis Are People, It is Wrong to Kill Them
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The Alabama Department of Homeland Security has shut down a Web site it operated that that included antiwar, pro-life, and gay rights organizations in a list of groups that could include terrorists. The Web site identified different types of terrorists, and included a list of groups it believed could spawn terrorists. The list also included [...]
The Opus cartoon in Sunday’s paper is one of the finest Memorial Day tributes I have seen anywhere. Cartoonist Berkeley Breathed ruled the 1980s with Bloom County, and today’s cartoon is one of his best since then. (Comments et al. welcome at my blog entry on the cartoon here).
First, Ron Paul on Bill Maher’s show. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vEkjPkXHSEw[/youtube] While Maher deserves props for giving Paul a chance to make his case, he doesn’t seem to get Paul’s fundamental point. Yes, Bush’s response to 9/11 has been horrible, but the policies that led to 9/11 didn’t begin when Bush took office. As Paul notes, American meddling [...]
Tucked away in an Associated Press story this morning: Meanwhile, in Kut, 160 kilometers (100 miles) southeast of Baghdad, 70 police officers resigned Sunday morning and handed over their weapons. They cited their fears of being targeted by Mahdi Army militants, police said.
