iraq

Once again the U.S. government demonstrates how terribly bad they are at keeping secrets: Pentagon spin on Iraq 'heroes' exposed. Are these the same guys who are covering up 9/11, The Moon landings, UFOs and god science knows what else? :eye-poppi

I thought this was a pretty refreshing conspiracy theory: Full article here: http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2007/04/21/wmd_conspiracy/index.html

Link I'm not sure how realistic it ever was for the Democrats to meet expectations.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070418/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq;_ylt=Am9tkGh.ymwhZX235MLnnu3MWM0F Because I'd hate to think what Iraq would be without its stableizing influence.

Anybody seen this yet? I hope I linked it correctly. It's about an Iraqi fortune teller and a show called "Your Fortune" [?] on Iraqi tv [video link]...

Christ Almighty, I stand here to invoke the imaginary deity because I can't think of any better way to express my dismay that the President of the United States, who was elected (sort of) to actually run this country, and has the default responsibility especially to run the wars he's started and...

The 82nd Airborne has long held the honor of being the first responders (along with the Marines) to any American crisis requiring a military solution. However, since our military is stretched so thin in Iraq they are no longer capable of responding to anything: As evidence of this...

Now for whose sake are we in Iraq anymore? The Iraqis? 78% oppose our presence, and 51% think it is OK to attack US forces. So, what's up with that? Is it for our own sake? I don't think so. They won't follow us home. So, why are we still there? Even if we think we are helping, a...

Say we begin troop withdraw, and have all out by the end of 2008. Lets say until then US troops are restricted to fighting AlQuada, training Iraqis, and general withdraw... What happens when we are out? Any predections?

If find this most unsettling, it's been the second time now this has happenned in a few days. http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/02/21/iraq.main/index.html The terrorists, or is it just the insurgents (hard to tell the difference anymore) seem to be using different techniques of attacks...

One by one . . . Denmark set to withdraw Iraq troops POSTED: 6:27 a.m. EST, February 21, 2007 COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) -- Denmark was expected to announce plans to begin withdrawing its troops from Iraq at a news conference on Wednesday, Danish media reported. Prime Minister Anders Fogh...

Other than political slogans, I don't recall reading anything of substance from the Neocon side that offers a compelling case for 'staying the course' and 'doubling down'.

I don't want the thread that is a tribute to Molly Ivins to be derailed, so I'm going to try to divert one part of the unrelated discussion here: Yes you did, and I notice no such tendency, nor have you provided evidence that such a tendency exists. It implies no such thing. Though I cannot...

http://www.theage.com.au/news/World/US-chopper-crash-footage-posted-online/2007/01/26/1169594471753.html What is going on here? The private security firms have been mentioned before, in relation to various events. However, it appears they have an active part in operations, from this story...

I suppose it was just a matter of time. Too bad that adapting to changing tactics still means you're a step behind. So much for "high-level" U.S. personnel passing through security checkpoints without security screening. Karbala attackers posed as U.S. military officials POSTED: 8:59 a.m...

http://www.theage.com.au/news/opinion/time-to-face-the-truth-mr-howard/2007/01/15/1168709664241.html This article is written to the Australian PM, John Howard, who for some reason is facing none of the backlash of Bush or Blair. However, the reasoning is still the same for the topic, Iraq...

So I have just spent the last few weeks travelling up and down the east coast of Australia - had to go to Melbourne for a wedding. I did some site seeing as well and travelled a distance of 4240 kilometres - phew !! Anyway, on my trip I meet a high ranking public servant who works for the...

Hussien death penalty upheld

Yes, I was against the US invading Iraq (for untold reasons already discussed here). Yes, the Bush Admisinstration is characterized by idiocy and extreme arrogance and they deserve to be deeply humiliated. Etc, etc.. Still, it seems to me that a humiliation of the US on the order of the...

http://abcnews.go.com/International/IraqCoverage/story?id=2688501

Editorial from Republican Chuck Hagel that will be in the Washington Post tomorrow. So is 'Leaving Iraq, Honorably" this centurys version of "Peace with Honor"?

-Pentagon lied that Iraqi forces stood at Saudi border Before launching the Gulf War, Bush Sr. claimed that an Iraqi juggernaut was threatening to roll into Saudi Arabia. Citing top-secret satellite images, Pentagon officials estimated in mid-September that up to 250,000 Iraqi troops and 1,500...

Having read the thread regarding US troop deaths, and how Iraq is a quagmire, I've been curious, does anyone have a realistic plan of what we should do? Personally, I don't. I am not a tactician. My job is to type up charge sheets for morons drinking under the age of 21 while on restriction...

http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/11/19/iraq.kissinger/ Why doesn't Bush just admit the truth, too?

Friend IM'd me the news, but I haven't found any major news source to back it up yet. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/11/12/wrums12.xml Anyone else heard this?

Noon, January 3, 2007, the Democrats will take control of Congress. When will the blame for the failure of Iraq be laid at their feet?

I guess that it's just a coincidence ;) that the request for an extra 'unforeseen' $160 Billion supplemental comes a just few days after the midterm election. I don't think that Bush will be able to use the 'soft on Terrorism' and support our troops spin (yet again) to easily push this one...

There is no safety in today's National Guard. Today's national guard troops as well as the Reserves don't have the luxury of sitting out a war. Many units have seen more combat than similar units in the 60s and 70s. There is no "safe-haven" any longer whereby sons of politicians and the rich...

New Senate, New Probe Into Pre-War Intel By Jason Leopold t r u t h o u t | Report Friday 10 November 2006 With the Democrats now in control of both houses of Congress, the new majority leadership is ready to start wielding their power by revisiting a hot-button issue that...

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/03/world/middleeast/03cnd-documents.html?hp&ex=1162616400&en=d6e60f288e881789&ei=5094&partner=homepage NYT...may need to register. Apparently, they were posting all kinds of documents on the web that are now being questioned as possibly providing something of a...