The right is getting more and more worried of a Ron Paul victory in Iowa and possibly elsewhere. So how do they counter that? They start posting old videos of him, like this one where Ron Paul in 1988 accused George H. W. Bush, Oliver North, the CIA and Democrats of trafficking in drugs. Right […]
MSNBC: A first wave of additional U.S. troops will go into Iraq before the end of the month under President Bush’s new plan, a senior defense official said Tuesday. Up to 20,000 troops will be put on alert and be prepared to deploy under the president’s plan, but the increase in forces on the ground […]
TPM Brings us this gem: “A ‘surge’ or ‘targeted increase in U.S. troop strength’ or whatever the politicians want to call dispatching more combat troops to Iraq isn’t the answer. Adding more trainers and helping the Iraqis to help themselves, is. Sending more U.S. combat troops is simply sending more targets.” That is a quote […]