Billmon rips the curtain backon American Legion partisan hypocrisy.
American Legion: Hypocrites
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Jaysh al-Mahdi militia vs. the Badr Brigades
This could be big trouble: Rival Shiites clash Chris Albritton in Iraq has more:BAGHDAD — Earlier this evening, Najaf police units, led by a Badr Organization commander, descended on Moqtada’s office in Najaf, located on the main street approaching the Imam Ali...
Cindy Sheehan – back to Camp Casey
Scott Galindez at truthout announces, "Cindy is scheduled to arrive at Waco Airport at 4:30 pm today."Perhaps referencing the right-wing, pro-war smear campaign which has lately been sending Cindy emails which say " Go Home and Take Care of Your Kids", Cindy...
Oil, Sunnis, and the Islamic Iraqi Constitution
The Blog | Michael O'Hanlon: Oil, Sunnis, and the Iraqi Constitution | The Huffington PostAlthough what the draft text says, exactly, is somewhat unclear, I have big concerns about one reported issue in Iraq's constitution -- how oil revenue is to be distributed.Oil...
The Politics of Grief, Bushy style
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...
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...
