Archive for 'War' Category
GOP to Steele: Don’t give our war away to Democrats!
Last week we heard from a parade of Republicans denouncing RNC Chairman Michael Steele’s absurd suggestions that Afghanistan is “a war of Obama’s choosing”, that the majority of the country is now opposed to the war there, and that “Obama’s decision” to send “ground troops” into a region known as “where empires go to die” [...]
VIDEO: Sen. Robert Byrd on Iraq invasion – Mar. 13, 2003
Senator Robert Byrd passed away this morning at the age of 92. Here is Sen. Byrd’s prescient speech warning against the invasion of Iraq on March 13, 2003… six days before the invasion (40 min): While I highly encourage you to watch the entire 40 minute speech, here are a few highlights: “The [...]
If I Were President. The mistakes Obama is making.
“If I were President…”. How many conversations have started like that? The other day, my mother… whom agrees with me politically… asked if I thought President Obama was doing a good job. There is a mood in the country (myself included) that is frustrated that President Obama doesn’t seem to “get it” on a range [...]
Rove’s faulty memory on Iraqi oil revenues funding reconstruction. A Quick List.
Iraq War Anniversary Edition Last week on Meet the Press, Karl Rove made the following astounding assertion: “No one in the Bush Administration ever said the reconstruction of Iraq could be paid for with Iraqi oil revenues.” Really? Are you F-ing kidding me? That little bit of revisionist history may fly with your neo-Conservative buddies, [...]
Time traveling with Karl Rove and the Bush Rehabilitation Crew
A little secret about me: I love time travel movies. Time After Time, Time Rider, Frequency, Back to the Future, and even JCVD’s TimeCop. I love imagining what might happen if one could travel into the past and change events in the future. But one thing I absolutely DESPISE are people who try to rewrite history by lying about [...]
Stating the Obvious: Terrorist Activity Has Risen in Sync with Troop Increases in Afghanistan
Sometimes, someone just needs to point out the obvious: As the number of troops in Afghanistan has gone up, so has terrorism. The past two weeks, we’ve seen a marked increase in the amount of terrorist activity focused on the U.S.. There was of course the Underwear bomber on Christmas Day on a plane from [...]
Buyers remorse. “Seller’s” Remorse.
In 1959, the late great comedic actor Peter Sellers starred in “The Mouse that Roared” (watch Trailer. Full movie), a quirky comedy about a tiny bankrupt nation that decided to declare war on America for the billions of dollars in reconstruction funds they hoped to receive following their crushing defeat (ala The Marshal Plan). Comedy ensues [...]
1.2.3. What are We Fightin’ For? Obama to send more troops to Afghanistan.
Special Edition Country Joe & The Fish said it best in their famed anti-Vietnam War song: “1.2.3. What are We Fightin’ For?” A question I’ve been asking myself since President Obama took office. Last night, President Obama addressed the nation from the West Point Military Academy to tell us he was sending another [...]
Thoughts on the Afghan War Prior to Obama’s Speech
This will be a short commentary preceding President Obama’s address to the nation Tuesday night regarding sending additional troops to Afghanistan. It is expected that President Obama will announce plans to send between 32 and 35 thousand additional troops to Afghanistan, slightly less than the 40,000 General Stanley McChrystal reportedly asked for last September. What [...]
The Nobel Peace Prize, War, and The Generals Bush Replaced
Yes, the Nobel Peace Prize. And yes, I know, questions abound as to what was done to deserve it. You don’t have to say it. Personally, I think the award should be for “accomplishments” not “expectations”, but one thing was mightily clear… the strongest explanation as to why President Obama received the NPP boils down [...]
Reboot Afghanistan. Here’s How to Win.
A little over 200 years ago, the most powerful military empire on Earth became mired in a decade-long war that ended in humiliating defeat. The locals, consisting mostly of poor uneducated rural farmers and ranchers with few resources, used their “homefield advantage” to eventually defeat the foreign invaders. If you haven’t already figured it out, [...]
Did Saudi kid confirm Bush let bin Laden escape at Tora Bora?
It was a throw-away line at best in the middle of a story on NBC Nightly News last Tuesday night that no one seemed to notice. The story was about “a rehab center for young Saudi Arabian boys” that had once been lured into joining al Qaeda. After serving time in a juvenile detention facility, the [...]
