Krauthammer makes me nuts. I like watching the Friday Shows, but I record “Inside Washington” so I don’t have to listen to most of what he says. Tonight I caught him saying that, you know, torture is fine and we have to do it. Then he made the “argument” that makes me most insane of [...]
Posts Tagged ‘iraq’
Somebody hook the Hammer
Posted in Posts, tagged duh, iraq, media on November 2, 2007 | Comments Off
I’m in ur state dept hiding from ur assignments
Posted in Posts, tagged iraq on November 2, 2007 | Comments Off
This is an interesting little Time piece. I am reminded of a friend who recently completed a six-month stint in Baghdad (as a civilian). This person came back with stories of walking from one place to another, wearing protective gear (and required to carry a weapon at all times), only to have to sprint to [...]
Welcome Home?
Posted in Posts, tagged iraq, Politics, veterans on October 28, 2004 | Comments Off
The Washington Monthly Hmm…..for a few weeks now, I’ve been wondering what would happen when the tours FINALLY begin to end and soldiers start coming home. I have been convinced in my own mind that there will be some John Kerrys among them, and Vietnam Veterans Against the War will be reincarnated to some extent. [...]
Uh, that isn’t good
Posted in Posts, tagged iraq, lies, Politics, war on October 26, 2004 | Comments Off
TAPPED: October 2004 Archives: “The senior administration official downplayed the importance of the missing explosives, describing them as dangerous material but ‘stuff you can buy anywhere.’ The official added that the administration did not see this necessarily as a ‘proliferation risk.’” wow. wow. wow.
Loyalty, via The New Republic Online: “In the relatively quiet southern city of Basra, British occupation soldiers have reported taking fire from Iraqi police, and U.S. intelligence believes many policemen are truly loyal not to Prime Minister Iyad Allawi, but to Moqtada Al Sadr. “ What they really need to be loyal to, is IRAQ. [...]
The New Republic Online: Iraq’d excellent point, but by the way, this is an administration that was put in place because of an “imperfect” election — so that’s just one more reason to add to this excellent list…