Month: July 2007

Updated at 11:25 p.m EDT, July 2, 2007At least 95 Iraqis were killed and 113 injured during a relatively quiet day in Iraq. Also, two American soldiers and one Marine assigned to MNF-West were killed during a combat operation in Anbar province, and a Task Force Lightning soldier was killed during an explosion in Salah … Continue reading “Monday: 4 GIs, 95 Iraqis Killed; 113 Iraqis Wounded”

"Endism" has been a favorite neoconservative theme over the years: every once in a while the neocons announce the death of some commonly assumed idea that the rest of us take for granted– during the 1950s, for example, they wrote the obituary of ideology itself, proclaiming that their own self-satisfied complacency was the apotheosis of … Continue reading “The End of the GOP”

There never was a darker Middle East summit meeting. The darkest there can be. The four leaders at Sharm-el-Sheikh did not sit together at an intimate round table. Each one sat alone behind a huge table of his own. That ensured a striking separation between them. The four long tables hardly touched. Each one of … Continue reading “Occupation? What Occupation?”

For close to two years, the media has stubbornly clung to a long discredited story about the Iranian president’s alleged threat to "destroy Israel" with nuclear weapons Iran doesn’t have and denies any intent to acquire. "Wiped off the map, wiped off the map," they bleat incessantly, even though his actual words, "The Imam [Khomenei] … Continue reading “Caught Red-Handed: Media Backtracks on Iran’s ‘Threat’”

Last year at this time, I wrote that we are, bit by bit, losing the meaning of July 4th. This holiday used to celebrate a Declaration of Independence from a tyrannical British government that had tried to subjugate Americans. But here’s a little test to see how much of that meaning we’ve kept. Ask yourself … Continue reading “The Meaning of July 4th,
Part Two”

Updated at 11:49 p.m. EDT, July 1, 2007At least 83 Iraqis were killed or found dead and 91 Iraqis were wounded during the latest attacks. The Iraqi Islamic Party reported that 350 people have been killed during U.S. operations in Baquba; however, that figure remains unconfirmed. Also, two GIs were killed in separate incidents.One MND-B … Continue reading “Sunday: 2 GIs, 83 Iraqis Killed; 91 Iraqis Wounded”