Julian Sanchez of Reason.com compares reality with Bush's own words: Bush (approximately): "He says we didn't have allies? What does he say to Tony Blair? What does he say to Aleksander Kwasniewski of Poland?" President Aleksander Kwasniewski of Poland: "They deceived...
The DoD reports: Sgt. Skipper Soram, 23, of Kolonia Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia, died Sept. 22 in Baghdad, Iraq, when a vehicle-based improvised explosive device detonated near his security post. Soram was assigned to 3rd Battalion, 82nd Field Artillery...
UPDATE (9/17 6:30EST): One Marine killed on Friday. UPDATE (9/16 8pm EST): The number keeps rising. Recently, the Department of Defense and CentCom have made a habit out of not reporting US fatalities in Iraq until days if not weeks after they occur. This week was...
The attention paid to President Bush's recent interview on the Today Show focused on his comments that the war on terror could not be won. In that same interview he made another revealing comment: President Bush: I guess because I made some hard decisions. And we've...
As the death total in Iraq inches towards 1000, the Department of Defense press corps has started to work on weekends. DoD press releases have almost always been sent out on weekdays, presumably when the government is at "work." This weekend however, the DoD released...
NPR's All Things Considered recently completed a six-part series on the relationship between the West and Middle East. On top of being a good historical overview, the series essentially demonstrates the ill-effects of "blowback." The last part of the series concludes...
Chapter 7 meticulously chronicles the arrival and actions of the nineteen hijackers. Little interesting information is found in the chapter. However, one is surprised by the remarkable ease at which many of the men moved around and in and out of the United States....
This chapter covers the end of the Clinton administration to the transition into the Bush administration. Clearly, the 9/11 plot was in full force, many of the hijackers already in the US learning to fly or preparing their missions. The commission continues to...
The same day Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry argued for the need to import prescription drugs, the acting FDA commissioner (appointed by the Bush administration, who is against importation) vaguely warned that imported prescription drugs are a terror...
On weekdays (at about 10am EST), the Department of Defense releases a pdf file with updated casualty information from Iraq and Afghanistan. Unfortunately, the url changes on a daily basis, so linking to it is difficult. No longer. Check out "Daily DoD Casualty...
