With stories like this it is not wonder the troops would like to see civilian leadership changes at the Pentagon: After suffering paralysis, brain damage, lost limbs and other wounds in war, nearly 900 soldiers have been saddled with $1.2 million in government debt because of the military’s “complex, cumbersome” pay system, congressional investigators said […]
While Bush is still beating his war drums for Iran, we still got a growing problem in Iraq and it is getting worse: Thirty-two bodies of Iraqi police and security forces recruits were discovered in two areas of Baghdad on Monday, Interior Ministry sources said. All 32 were from the town of Ramadi in the […]
Writing on behalf of his One America political action committee, former Democratic vice presidential candidate John Edwards sent an email Saturday seeking signatories in an effort to expand the powers of Special Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald to investigate President Bush’s role in the strategic leaking of information related to Iraq. In the form letter on Edwards’ […]
Imagine that – Bush and the GOP continue to sink. 36% approval for Bush 30% approval for Congress 40% approval for Bush’s foreign policy and the war on terror 35% approval for the handling of Iraq 69% believe the country is headed in the wrong direction 60% of Republicans polled disapprove of Congress The Republicans […]
During a suprise morning press conference by Bush, he made the claim once again that Iraq is part of the war on terror: “We are in a global war on terror and Iraq is a central front in that war” Of course we all know that Iraq had nothing to do with this war prior […]
Think Progress is reporting that Frist has said they are ready to vote on the motion to censure Bush. Minutes ago, Sen. Bill Frist said on the Senate floor that “we are ready to vote on” a censure of President Bush over warrantless domestic wiretapping “this afternoon or tonight.” This might be one of the […]
Two British men are thought to have burned to death in a car after police opened fire in Basra, it has been reported. Security officials claimed the victims were UK citizens. A third person in the car, also believed to be a British, was wounded and rushed away by police, said Iraqi police Captain Mushtaq […]
AFP Reports AL-AHMADI, Kuwait (AFP) – Kuwait announced that it had made a major gas find in the north of the emirate that promised to sharply reduce its dependence on imports from the other Gulf states. “We can say now that Kuwait has entered the world of natural gas,” Energy Minister Sheikh Ahmad Fahd al-Sabah […]
Don’t you ever get tired of hearing Bush say “we question the mission we undermine the morale of our troops”? (If you don’t know what I mean then you can read Bush’s words here viaThink Progress). Well there is a new Zogby poll out that says 72% of the troops want us out of Iraq […]
There are still a few on the right (mainly in the administration) who would want to make you think that Iraq has calmed down and is going well again. Well this sure doesn’t have that same song and dance: Grisly attacks and other sectarian violence unleashed by last week’s bombing of a Shiite shrine have […]