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 […]
Raw Story brings us this: report filed by CNN claims that former Secretary of State Colin Powell has said that President Bush must accept that Iraq has descended into civil war. “Powell says he thinks we can call it a civil war,” Cable News Network’s Hala Gorani, reporting from Dubai, said today. Powell also reportedly […]
Earlier today our commander idiot in chief had this to say: President Bush said on Tuesday the hand of al Qaeda lay behind the sectarian violence racking Iraq, and deflected talk of “civil war.” So that means our number one enemy is behind all our troubles then. Great – that means our military should be […]
We dare not call what is happening in Iraq a civil war, even though this news does support that claim: July appears to have been the deadliest month of the war for Iraqi civilians, according to figures from the Health Ministry and the Baghdad morgue, reinforcing criticism that the Baghdad security plan started in June […]
First the blame for all the problems in Iraq went to al Qaeda. Once that theory was debunked, the administration aimed the blame to Iran. Now look at what is happening: There is no evidence the Iranian government is stirring trouble in Iraq, a U.S. general said on Monday, playing down suggestions that Tehran will […]
We as American citizens are aware that we do face a threat from terrorism. Actually we are aware that this has been a threat we have faced for decades and will face for decades to come. Considering this grave threat to our nation and the recently foiled terror plot in the U.K., in which our […]
Here is the reason why we won’t be able to help Israel out militarily – we can’t. Look at a couple of the stories today. First from Iraq: A suicide bomber pulled his van into a busy market on Tuesday, lured labourers with job offers and blew himself up, killing scores in one of the […]
My post earlier today showed how even a senior official in the Iraqi government is calling the tensions there a “civil war”. Ironically CBS is still sucking up to the Bush administration’s talking point by avoiding that term. This is a shot from their web page today: “Civil Conflict”. 80 people died yesterday (which is […]
As much as Bush wants to stay in denial about the current condition in Iraq, their government is starting to see things in a different and more horrible light: A senior official in the Iraqi government has for the first time said Iraq is in a state of civil war. The deputy interior minister, Hussein […]
The Planet of Unreality Bush Sees Progress in Iraq, Challenge in Iran Bush: US will not abandon Iraq This is not good. The people running this country sound convinced that reality is whatever they say it is. And if they’ve actually strayed into the realm of genuine self-delusion — if they actually believe the fantasies […]