The surge was supposed to give the Iraqi government “breathing room” so they could get the government functioning. Well it looks like that is getting ready to take a serious blow: The speaker of Iraq’s fragmented parliament threatened Tuesday to disband the legislature, saying it is so riddled with distrust it appears unable to adopt […]
I’m sure some of the generals who have worried about it don’t understand the military. And to think that this is the war loving pompous ass that wants to be our leader.
This really makes a lot of sense: A North Dakota manufacturer has agreed to pay $2 million to settle a suit saying it had repeatedly shortchanged the armor in up to 2.2 million helmets for the military, including those for the first troops sent to Iraq and Afghanistan. Twelve days before the settlement with the […]
Yesterday when I blogged about the Marine being convicted of killing an Iraqi citizen, I also talked about the problems out troops are facing by being forced into these extended stays. To further that point, here is an article, published today, about a soldier being released from medical care earlier and sent back to Iraq: […]
Just a week ago we heard that “al Qaeda may be moving outside of Iraq” to operate, something I though rather absurd since it was pretty obvious they always operated outside Iraq. Then yesterday we heard that al Qaeda was in a weakened state. Now we have Chertoff out warning of “earth shattering events” that […]
I certainly hope not: The images in the Basra police file are nauseating: Page after page of women killed in brutal fashion — some strangled to death, their faces disfigured; others beheaded. All bear signs of torture. The women are killed, police say, because they failed to wear a headscarf or because they ignored other […]
Think Progress reminds us that today is the fifth anniversary of Colin Powell’s big speech to the U.N. about Iraq’s (non-existent) WMD program. What I find interesting is how Powell seemed to have changed his tune about a year ago saying he should have never made that speech. When I saw Powell speak a couple […]
And Bush loves it: Lawmakers say they will push ahead with a presidential commission designed to root out waste and fraud in military contracts despite President Bush’s concerns that it could usurp his authority. Bush signed into law on Monday a wide-ranging defense bill that includes instructions to create a commission to investigate defense contracts […]
Well it only includes “part” of the funding for Iraq and Afghanistan. That means these outrageous figures we have heard of $3.1 trillion and $400 billion deficit – well those numbers will actually be much higher. Way to spin it there Bushy!
The “make you feel good” channel of FOX wanted to ignore the troops dying in Iraq, but FOX wouldn’t have it. Here is a clip of Montel on FOX wanting to talk about the troops instead of Heath Ledger. According to BradBlog: Despite the tease at the end of those uncomfortable three minutes, that Williams […]