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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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?...

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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...

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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...

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More on de Menezes

For the Cliffs Notes version, Jim Henley:DO NOT BELIEVE THE GOVERNMENT WHEN IT TELLS YOU THINGS!For those of you who need some historical context, Arthur Silber unearths this quotation from a similar episode in the U.S.: "Burning to death was too good for them. They’d...

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Notes from Camp Casey

For a few days early this week, I had the honor of playing host to my friend Mike (in Tokyo) Rogers, who flew all the way from Japan to Texas to show support for Cindy Sheehan and the other families in Crawford who are demanding a direct answer to the question: "What...

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