This is really a pathetic story. First, from Digby: Cindy Sheehan, right, hugs President Bush supporter Gary Qualls of Temple, Texas after the two met at her camp near Crawford, Texas, Saturday, Aug. 13, 2005. Qualls' son Marine LCPL. Louis W. Qualls was killed...
Bush’s Imagination
"Now, if these men do not die well, it will be a black matter for the King that led them to it" - Shakespeare, Henry V Every so often, the confused cranium of George W. Bush emerges from seclusion and words escape his lips which are apparently designed to be...
This extension is not an extension
Or something. Swopa has Salam Pax’s constitution-blogging:swopa: Team Shiite opts for a short punt Salam Pax: So nothing really. They just wanted to make sure the current Assembly is not dissolved. al-Hassani is having a press conference and he is talking...
Steve Earle: The Revolution Starts Now
Steve Earle, entertaining at Camp Casey:I think it’s really important for those of us who’ve been talking about this (opposing the war) from when we first went in to Iraq and even before that to remember that the Vietnam War didn’t end because I opposed it, it...
On the hidden cost of war
The Trillion-Dollar War - New York TimesBut the biggest long-term costs are disability and health payments for returning troops, which will be incurred even if hostilities were to stop tomorrow. The United States currently pays more than $2 billion in disability...
If this is winning….
George Bush, June 15, 2004 -- "Coalition forces, including many brave Afghans, have brought America, Afghanistan and the world its first victory in the war on terror," the president said.KABUL, Afghanistan August 21, 2005 A massive bomb exploded under a...
Back to the Iraq=flypaper theory
Bush addresses the nation from Never-Never Land: President George W. Bush said on Saturday U.S. troops in Iraq were fighting to protect Americans at home from more attacks like those of September 11, 2001, starting a five-day focus on his case for the war amid growing...
William Anderson’s heroines
I don’t get it. William Anderson, posting on the Lew Rockwell.com blog, seems to have decided that it’s necessary to state that “While I agree with Cindy Sheehan's antiwar stance, I also say that she does not speak for me.” Doesn’t speak for you about what, Bill?...
The America-Hating… Department of Defense?
Here's an absolute jewel (scroll to page 74 of the .pdf):The only way to understand the motivations of an opponent is by having a real understanding of the historical and religious framework that has molded his culture. It is clear that Americans who waged the war and...
Horowitz the Horrible
Justin, "ghouls" is right. Here's chief moonbat David Horowitz the day after former ABC news anchor Peter Jennings died of cancer:Peter Jennings is dead. May he rest in peace. Lest we forget, however, while he was alive, Peter Jennings did considerable damage to the...


