On the same day that the Iraq Study Group offered its assessment on the deteriorating conditions in the Middle East, former Secretary of State Colin Powell called the conflict a civil war, joining a growing chorus of those who eschew the more benign-sounding “sectarian violence” terminology preferred by the Bush administration. “It looks like, smells […]
Today’s NYT: Iraqi police and local officials said at least six children and eight women were among 32 people killed in a U.S. air strike on Friday which the U.S. military said killed 20 al Qaeda militants, including two women. Police Major Khedr Hussein said 32 people were killed at Ishaqi, 90 km (50 miles) […]
Funny that when Biden says something like this, he gets chastised by the wingnuts. It will of course be different when you got a 2008 GOP Presidential hopeful saying it: Republican presidential hopeful Sam Brownback said Thursday that Iraq must achieve a “political equilibrium” even if means partitioning the country along ethnic lines. “I’m saying, […]
That is what the Iraq Study Group is now calling Bush’s failed war in Iraq. The United States should begin to withdraw its forces from combat in Iraq and launch a diplomatic push, including Iran and Syria, to prevent “a slide toward chaos” in the country, a high-level panel recommended on Wednesday. The bipartisan Iraq […]
The waste of time has been delivered: The Iraq Study Group report gives a “tough assessment of the situation in Iraq” but provides “common ground” for a way forward, President Bush said Wednesday. Bush spoke at the White House after receiving the group’s report in a breakfast meeting. According to two sources who have seen […]
Now how will this baby grow up to function properly in society? Mary Cheney, the vice president’s openly gay daughter, is pregnant. She and her partner of 15 years, Heather Poe, are “ecstatic” about the baby, due in late spring, said a source close to the couple. It’s a baby boom for grandparents Dick and […]
This is from today’s confirmation hearings for Gates: Robert Gates, U.S. President George W. Bush’s choice to take over the Pentagon, said on Tuesday America was not winning in Iraq and warned the Middle East could explode into violence. Appearing at his confirmation hearing before the Senate Armed Services Committee, Gates said Bush wanted him […]
Why does Bush hate American farmers? They clear brush just like him!: The United States Congress risks a presidential veto if it approves a multibillion-dollar disaster aid package for farmers and ranchers, the White House said on Tuesday, ahead of a Senate vote on the question. Farm-state senators, along with nearly three dozen farm and […]
In a post talking about the Bolton resignation on Hot Air (you know – Michelle Malkin’s other site), one of their commenters made an interesting comment: Maybe after Bolton and his staff have vacated their offices, something could *happen* to the building. Liberal Catnip uncovered this comment and also has the screen shots of it. […]
NRO: How about Rick Santorum for the UN job? Yeah, there’d probably be a confirmation fight. And he may want to take a breather after 16 years in elected office. But it’s worth thinking over. Hell – how about Katherine Harris, George “Macaca” Allen or even Tom Delay? (H/T Andrew Sullivan)