I notice that neither Tex nor the New York Times nor the Washington Post nor the LA Times, nor in fact any of the media who are so eager to call the Swift Boad Veterans "lying" seem to ever be able to utter the word "Cambodia." Kerry said that his "Christmas in...
This is a mini blog tour because I had a crazy day! How about that Iraqi soccer team? How bad IS the missile defense system the Bushies are insisting on deploying pre-election? Noah Schachtman at Defense Tech posts that the former Pentagon testing chief Phillip Coyle...
The San Francisco Chronicle ran a very nice obituary of Mike Mayakis, longtime libertarian and antiwar activist, and my best friend. Following is the article: Mike Mayakis – Libertarian activist and agile debaterby Charlie Goodyear, Chronicle Staff WriterAugust...
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....
OK, too much is happening, so I'm doing an Iraqi mayhem post. Moqtada al Sadr's militants have torched the headquarters of Iraq's South Oil Company on Thursday and set the company's warehouses and offices on fire. Rebels mortared the American "embassy" in Baghdad,...
Iraqi Olympic soccer player, Ahmed Manajid, angered by George Bush using the team in a (fatuous - read the article to see how stupid it is) campaign commercial said: "How will he meet his god having slaughtered so many men and women?" Manajid told me. "He has...
Blustery threats are issuing from the Puppets who claim "Iraqi forces" are going to storm the Imam Ali shrine "within hours" and teach the Mahdi Army and Moqtada al Sadr a lesson. To prevent an imminent attack on his forces, who are holed up in the revered Imam Ali...
Reagan-era hawk Edward Luttwak calls for U.S. withdrawal from Iraq in today's NYT. Sort of.[F]ew Americans are prepared to simply abandon Iraq. For one, they are rightly concerned that to do so would be a mortal blow to America's global credibility and encourage...
Whatever you think of Moqtada al Sadr, you have to admire the deft manueuvering that keeps everyone off-balance with the wrong foot forward. While practically all the news reports on this development claim some variation on the Mahdi Army surrenders/Sadr Agrees to...
War photographers have added much immediate, undeniable information to our understanding of the way wars are promulgated. Carl Mydans was one such dedicated soul. He died Monday. His are some of the most famous WWII photos, including McArthur in ’45, and many, many...
