Yes, it's been 1000 days since 9-11!! Still haven't captured Osama bin Laden as George W. Bush promised he would!! Or do we already have Osama on ice waiting for a November defrosting right before the election? I don't think there is any trick or lie that the neocons...
Remind Us: Why Did the U.S. Government Invade and Destabilize Iraq? Thanks to Strike the Root for the link
Tom Burka on loyalty and staying the course:Bush Says Umbrella Working "Just Fine" President Bush said that his present umbrella was "working perfectly" and rejected calls for a new one. "This umbrella is perhaps one of the finest umbrellas this country has ever had,"...
Critics of the antiwar movement are constantly singing praises about the good things that are happening in Iraq and berating the media for not reporting on the wonderful progress being made in painting schools, and patching up bridges and sewer systems blown apart by...
Alexander Cockburn asks, "Has Bush Gone Over the Edge?" I thought he went over the edge long ago, but this is really bad. Oh, and Tony Blair is also insane. UPDATE: Here's the Capitol Hill Blue article Cockburn references.
Iraq's Sunni Clerics:Iraqi Sunni Muslim clerics Friday rejected the newly appointed Iraq interim government, charging it is a U.S.-shaped and dominated administration. The clerics used their Friday sermons t criticize Prime Minister Iyad Allawi for declaring the new...
Please don't take our bodyguards away Astonishingly, Hoshyar Zebari, speaking for the New Iraqi Government® tells the UN that the IGCv.2.0 wants the American military to stay in Iraq, to "keep the peace." One might wonder what "peace" there currently is in Iraq to be...
Two powerful posts from Martial at De Spectaculis: Insolence and Blindness Lost in Afghanistan?
A new Seymour Hersh book planned:The details of the deal were not disclosed, but the book, to be titled “Chain of Command” is expected to be published in the fall. “Sy Hersh has been writing big, important stories for more than 30 years, and we see this book as...
Juan Cole has translated Sistani's fatwa on the "new" government. It sounds pretty harsh to me. He didn't call for an uprising, but he might as well have:1. Obtain a clear resolution from the United Nations Security Council on the return of complete sovereignty over...
