From the pages of “winning hearts and minds”: U.S. helicopters attacked allied Iraqi militiamen south of the capital on Saturday, killing at least nine civilians and wounding three, apparently because of a miscommunication during fighting with suspected Islamist gunmen. An Iraqi police spokesman put the death toll at 13. Casualties included two women and a […]
Laura Bush was on Larry King last night (amazing – he had a night without Anna Nicole) and when asked about Iraq, she gave a very delusional answer: She says that the “one bombing a day” is what is discouraging Americans from the war. Interesting she said that on a day there were two deadly […]
In 2003 we heard how we could fight two wars at the same time without putting our country at greater risk. A lot of military experts agreed with that assessment, but the “decider” spoke so here we are 3 years later fighting two wars. Of course our efforts in the war that really matters, Afghanistan, […]
An interesting story has been developing in Iraq over the past couple days, and its one that does not seem to be gaining attention here in the United States. With the Katrina recovery and Rita steaming forward as a category 4 hurricane, it should be no shock as this information really shows a state of […]
We keep hearing horror stories coming from the front lines of Katrina’s aftermath. One that has been echoed numerous times is the lack of helicopters to help the people. This is an alarming issue you think the government would be working hard to correct, but think again. Think Progress picked up on an important point […]
During this past weekend, two different events occurred that makes our once great nation appear more as a police state. The first happened in Pittsburgh where a peaceful protest turned violent. The turn of violence was not from the protestors, but from the police. They tased two women, one of which was also bitten by […]