And we finally get Phase 2 of the Iraqi pre-war intelligence report. This is the phase Republicans held up in 2004, because “it would effect the outcome of the presidential election”. Would it? Hell yes it would. Here are some of the key findings: * Statements and implications by the President and Secretary of State […]
TPM has posted this video and it goes with what I was saying earlier: The part that really gets me wondering is this: I can say with certainty that the Quds force, a part of the Iranian government, has provided these sophisticated IEDs that have harmed our troops. And I’d like to repeat, I […]
The House Republicans don’t want to talk about the war. Their defensive play of the week is to avoid the Iraq debate going on in the House. The following is from a letter circulated by Republican leadership and obtained by Steny Hoyer: We are writing to urge you not to debate the Democratic Iraq resolution […]
Aww look at this picture from the Huffington Post:: Boehner could not stand to hear the stories of a colleagues time as a POW. The AP has this to say: Republicans, now the minority party on the Hill for the time in 12 years, issued impassioned warnings of the consequences of undermining the president’s […]
Looks like it isn’t just the Democrats who have a problem with Bush’s Middle East approach: Sen. Arlen Specter (news, bio, voting record), a 26-year Senate Republican, said he will visit Syria despite loud objections by the Bush administration, contending the situation in Iraq is so dire that it is time Congress step up to […]
Looks like Americans are still not pleased with Iraq, no matter how many new catch phrases the administration comes up with: Negative assessments of the war in Iraq — the central issue in last month’s midterm election — continue to hold down President Bush’s job approval ratings and could cast a pall on the final […]
The waste of time has been delivered: The Iraq Study Group report gives a “tough assessment of the situation in Iraq” but provides “common ground” for a way forward, President Bush said Wednesday. Bush spoke at the White House after receiving the group’s report in a breakfast meeting. According to two sources who have seen […]
It looks like Bush is starting to get a real lonely feeling in the international community. Members of Tony Blair’s own party are now starting to blast our incompetent President: A senior Labour backbencher has attacked the Bush administration, describing it as “incompetent” and guilty of “appalling complacency.” Former minister of state Nick Raynsford’s criticism […]
Things in Iraq are getting really bad. The LA Times has an article today saying that the civil war is “all but declared“, and we now get a Republican Representative, who has been a supporter of the war, saying it is time to get out: Congressman Gil Gutknecht found the situation in Iraq more bleak […]
Earlier while watching CNN I was shocked when I heard the same old line being used. Tori Clark, the former Pentagon spokeswoman turned CNN contributor was complaining about the reports of Haditha and how they are overshadowing the good that is being done in Iraq. She is still spewing out the same old rhetoric that […]