Another Iraq Exit Strategy
A while back in 2003, there was a lot of commentary and partisan whining on the lack of an "exit strategy" for Iraq. Bush got us into a quagmire, and we can't get out! In May of this year, William Pfaff suggested playing to Iraqi "nationalism," as...
Rafah: The Movie
Well I fully expected this movie to be amateurish and a bit sappy, but I wasn't prepared for this. Terrible editing paired with lame scripted lines by quintessential American liberal upper-middle-class twenty-somethings and scruffy middle-aged Berkeley-looking...
US Soldiers Puzzled by Iraqi Resistance to Censorship
American soldiers in Iraq have trouble understanding the principles that we are told they are fighting for. That is why when Iraqis objected to the seizure of posters of Shi'ite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, the troops were left befuddled. Engineers from 1st Platoon,...
US States Scramble to Hold On to Military Base Pork
Yesterday I found two news items, one from Georgia, one from South Carolina, about local governments trying to prevent their local military bases from facing Rumsfeld's budget ax. There have also been a few others in recent weeks that I can recall. After a quick...
‘Antiwar Protesters’ Trash 9/11 Memorial
From the Tuesday, March 11, 2003 Whittier Daily News: "LA HABRA -- Antiwar protesters burned and ripped up flags, flowers and patriotic signs at a Sept. 11 memorial that residents erected on a fence along Whittier Boulevard days after the terrorist attacks in...
When Puppies Die
Just in case there were a few of you left who aren't biting the "al-Qaeda is the most evil group of people to exist in the history of the world" bit, along comes the "they kill puppies!" tapes. Let's set aside for a moment the fact that, wait – do they even have...