Archive for the 'war' Category
Medals for War Criminals
Talk about your chamber of horrors and your perversion of language:
TONY BLAIR, Britain’s former prime minister, received this year’s Liberty Medal in ceremonies last night at the National Constitution Center, honoring his success resolving the conflict in Northern Ireland and his ongoing pursuit of peace in the Middle East and Africa.
Former President Bill Clinton, a [...]
No Shit, Sherlock Part Two
Another reason my blogging has tapered off is that so much of what’s going on in the world can be reduced to one post, over and over and over again: “No Shit, Sherlock”:
As Barack Obama appeared on television Tuesday to declare the end of the U.S. combat role in Iraq, were viewers happiest in Baghdad, [...]
Duuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuude. Hamid’s Not Here.
The Afghan National Police, funded on our dime to the tune of $27 billion, doing bong hits before going out on patrol.
We can’t find money to create jobs in America; we can’t figure out how to fix our crumbling infrastructure; we’ve got 10% official unemployment (and probably closer to 20% unofficially) and we’re spending $27 [...]
Read More..>>Wiki-Leaks
But most of the assaults on civilians recorded here, do not appear to have been investigated. French troops “opened fire on a bus that came too close to convoy” near the village of Tangi Kalay outside Kabul on 2 October 2008, according to the logs. They wounded eight children who were in the bus.
Gonna be [...]
Looks Like We’re Not Leaving Iraq After All.
more change, not so much hope:
The White House is likely to delay the withdrawal of the first large phase of combat troops from Iraq for at least a month after escalating bloodshed and political instability in the country.
General Ray Odierno, the US commander, had been due to give the order within 60 days of the [...]
Collateral Murder
read Greenwald, now please:
As the video demonstrates, the soldiers in the Apache did not take a single step — including killing those unarmed men who tried to rescue the wounded — without first receiving formal permission from their superiors. Beyond that, the Pentagon yesterday — once the video was released — suddenly embraced the [...]
Arlen Specter Sends a Letter
Senator Specter’s press people just sent me a press release announcing Arlen Specter’s success in obtaining funding for a national cemetery in Pennsylvania. I will omit the remarks of Senators Casey and Murphy, as they are not pertinent to my problem with Specter’s comments.
Specter, Casey, Murphy Offer Remarks on the First Burials at New Veterans [...]
Who Will Serve In Afghanistan
Will Chelsea Clinton enlist and strap on a rifle for the escalation her mom embraces?
Will the Obama daughters apply to West Point when they graduate from Sidwell Friends?
It always seems like it’s other people’s kids who go to war, while our leaders rarely have any skin in the game.
And Now, Some Drama
“Priorities: A One Act Play”
Dramatis Personae
The Would-Be Groom: the Democratic Party
The Blushing Bride: the American People
The Friend Who Wants to Kill His Neighbor: the Pentagon
Act 1.
Would-Be Groom: Oh my darling, I love you. If you marry me, I will buy you a big diamond ring
Blushing Bride: Well… I don’t know, you’ve been making that promise [...]
landmines: no change there either
RAWA says this little guy lost his arms and legs thanks to landmines in Afganistan
Sure glad we have a president who’s a father of two young children himself, one who apparently believes in Quaker ideals enough to send his kids to a Quaker school, who aims to change all that.
Oh wait.
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