Palin’s term “Victory” is useless and illuminates a fundamental misunderstanding of the war here in Iraq. There is no Victory. There never was and never will be. That’s not just my opinion. It’s the belief expressed daily by senior military officers. The search for Victory in Iraq or in the “War on Terror” is futile [...]
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What Does Palin Mean when She Says “Victory” ?
Published by October 4th, 2008 in Election 2008, Iraq, Politics and War. 1 Comment
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Ronen Bergman wrote a column for the New York Times yesterday about the decline in suicide bombers (they’re running out of volunteers) and how terrorists may soon train dogs to carry bombs that will be detonated by remote control.
Seven years after 9/11, it may well be that we are witnessing the beginning of the end of [...]
From Amy Goodman’s interview with Gore Vidal on DEMOCRACY NOW!
AMY GOODMAN: You wrote two books during the Bush administration. Two of the books you’ve written are Perpetual War for Perpetual Peace and Dreaming War. Why these two?
GORE VIDAL: Well, Perpetual War for Perpetual Peace, that’s my main book during that period. That was the foreign [...]
It’s called “A Responsible Plan to End the War in Iraq,” and here are it’s two key points as outlined in an opinion piece in today’s Seattle Post Intelligencer:
First, the United States must find a way to sensibly end its military mission in Iraq — and use the political, diplomatic, humanitarian and economic tools at [...]
When it Comes to Iraq, Honesty is the Best Policy
Published by March 30th, 2008 in Iraq, Middle East and War. 0 CommentsThe ongoing fighting in Basra and Baghdad between forces of the Iraqi government under Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki and the militia of the Shiite cleric Moktada al-Sadr should explode the comfortable notion held by proponents of the occupation in Iraq that the so-called “surge” of American troops was primarily responsible for the quelling of [...]
The Old Viking tries to instruct his brother on the US efforts to recreate Iraq
Published by March 29th, 2008 in Iraq, Politics and War. 0 CommentsBrother,
The upsurge in violence in Iraq this week has been troubling and sent me back to my notes and a couple of authors that I relied on because of their documentation of data and quotes. It’s too cumbersome to give you chapter and verse citations; suffice it to say that if your pore over two [...]
This edition of Frontline is incredible. It’s causing me to reconsider my opinion of Bush and his administration’s handling of the Iraq War. It’s not an unstoppable freight train of bad decision making, with Bush at the helm, it’s several unstoppable freight trains helmed by the megalomaniacal power brokers Bush unwittingly empowered. And they’re all [...]
Meanwhile, Over in Iraq…
Published by March 19th, 2008 in Election 2008, Iraq and Politics. 0 CommentsJohn McCain, who claims he is the most qualified candidate for Commander and Chief, made some “misstatements” about who was supposedly training Al Qaeda in Iraq:
Mr. McCain said at a news conference in Amman that he continued to be concerned about Iranians “taking Al Qaeda into Iran, training them and sending them back.” Asked about [...]
Their story of lawlessness, mayhem and murder in Iraq.
U.S. veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are planning to descend on Washington from Mar. 13-16 to testify about war crimes they committed or personally witnessed in those countries.
“The war in Iraq is not covered to its potential because of how dangerous it is for [...]
Last Thursday the Washington Post published a column by Michael Kinsley about The Surge titled “Defining Victory Downward.” Here are a few excerpts:
It was also, implicitly, part of a deal between Bush and the majority of Americans, who want out. The deal was: just let me have a few more soldiers to get Baghdad under [...]
