Last week we were hearing all about how Obama would be “tested” by anti-American groups if he were elected president. Biden even said it, and it was reported as a gaffe, but I think the point Biden was trying to make was that Obama would be tested, but he would stand up to whomever does the testing [...]
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John McCain gets Al Qaeda’s Endorsement
Published by October 25th, 2008 in Election 2008, Middle East and War. 0 Comments
Deciding the Next Decider: The 2008 Presidential Race in Rhyme
Calvin Trillin
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The Return of Depression Economics and the Crisis of 2008
Paul Krugman
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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 CommentPalin’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 [...]
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 [...]
Vote for McCain means Vote for More War
Published by September 10th, 2008 in Election 2008 and War. 0 CommentsWatch and Learn
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Last week in politics
Published by May 20th, 2008 in Election 2008, Humor, Middle East, Politics, War and al Qaeda. 0 CommentsFirst, honk if you like bumper sticker politics:
1. GWB tells Israel that Obama is going to cause the next holocaust.
2. Hard Ball host Chris Matthews challenges a loud-mouthed, flock-jock, talk(ing points) radio host and republican party line parrot to back up his words with a little substance. I swear to god I haven’t seen this [...]
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 [...]
Our Uncool, Unpopular President Don’t Golf No More
Published by May 13th, 2008 in Politics and War. 0 CommentsSeriously. From Mike Allen’s interview of George W. Bush today:
For the first time, Bush revealed a personal way in which he has tried to acknowledge the sacrifice of soldiers and their families: He has given up golf.
“I don’t want some mom whose son may have recently died to see the commander in chief playing golf,” [...]
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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 [...]
