Month: May 2007

Updated at 12:34 a.m. EDT, May 23, 2007At least 50 Iraqis were killed and 69 wounded violent attacks throughout the country. In one attack, a group of seven minibus riders were shot and their bodies burned. Also a British soldier was killed during an attack in Basra. In Basra, a British soldier was killed when … Continue reading “Monday: 1 Briton, 50 Iraqis Killed; 69 Iraqis Wounded”

The times, they are a changin’ – and the signs are all around us. The American people are sick unto death of the Iraq war, and this growing dissatisfaction with American foreign policy spans the political spectrum: it isn’t just the Left that is singing “we ain’t marchin’ anymore,” it’s moderates and even conservatives. The … Continue reading “The Ron Paul Effect”

The Winograd committee of inquiry is not a part of the solution. It is a part of the problem. Now, after the first excitement caused by the publication of the partial report has died down, it is possible to evaluate it. The conclusion is that it has done much more harm than good. The positive … Continue reading “Israel’s Next War”

Hey, aren’t we the most exceptional nation in history? George Bush and his pals thought so – and they were in a great American tradition of exceptionalism. Of course, they were imagining us as the most exceptional empire in history (or maybe at the end of it), the ultimate New Rome. Anyway, explain this to … Continue reading “US Takes Gold in
Arms Olympics”

Updated at 12:44 a.m. EDT, May 21, 2007Today in Iraq, the U.S. military reported that seven U.S. servicemembers lost their lives in separate incidents. At least 97 Iraqis were also killed or found dead and another 94 Iraqis were wounded. A South Korean soldier was also killed. Meanwhile, at least six British soldiers were wounded … Continue reading “Sunday: 7 GIs, 1 South Korean, 97 Iraqis Killed; 94 Iraqis Wounded”

Updated at 12:25 a.m. EDT, May 20, 2007Minutes before British Prime Minister Tony Blair arrived in Baghdad’s Green Zone for a surprise visit, mortars fell on the heavily fortified compound. However, 95 Iraqis were killed or found dead elsewhere, and another 65 were wounded. Also, six U.S. servicemember deaths were reported. The U.S. military announced … Continue reading “Saturday: 6 GIs, 95 Iraqis Killed; 65 Iraqis Wounded”

President Bush has made one of the most curious, perhaps even baffling, appointments in recent memory, anointing three-star Lt. Gen. Douglas E. Lute as the administration’s "war czar," to have direct control, perhaps even operational control, over the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. It’s tough to figure what it’s all about. Is this is a … Continue reading “A Czar’s Half-Life”

George Tenet, the Director of Central Intelligence responsible for providing to Congress – at their request – a National Intelligence Estimate that was used as the basis for the Joint Congressional Resolution Authorizing the Use of US Armed Forces Against Iraq, wants desperately for you to believe, now, that he really believed then, that our … Continue reading “Tenet, Nukes, and Stinking Smut”

“There are a lot of things that are different now [that the U.S. occupies Iraq], and one that has gone by almost unnoticed – but it’s huge – is that … we can now remove almost all of our forces from Saudi Arabia. Their presence there over the last 12 years has been a source … Continue reading “For Those Interested in Facts: They Hate Our Foreign Policy”

A U.S. Army medic who refused to load his gun in Iraq and then escaped through a base window in Germany rather than be deployed a second time returned home to Los Angeles this week after serving six months in a U.S. military prison. Augustin Aguayo, 31, was born in Mexico and grew up in … Continue reading “Latino Soldiers Who Refused Iraq Speak Out”