This guy really is coo-coo for Coco Puffs: Republican presidential candidate John McCain said Friday he fears that anti-American extremists might attempt spectacular attacks in Iraq to try to tilt the U.S. election against him. We have been hearing the violence in Iraq is on the rise again. I guess this is McCain’s way of […]
Another “war” we are losing thanks to George Bush: State Department report on terrorism due out next week will show a nearly 30 percent increase in terrorist attacks worldwide in 2006 to more than 14,000, almost all of the boost due to growing violence in Iraq and Afghanistan, U.S. officials said Friday. The annual report’s […]
Interesting how this changes every other day: Sectarian violence in Iraq has become “self-sustaining,” increasing the challenge of stabilizing the country, the top U.S. intelligence official said on Friday. “Violence between the Sunnis and Shia has become self-sustaining and has spread out to a wider range of … groups and actors,” said John Negroponte, the […]
And so it begins: Lawmakers and cabinet ministers loyal to anti-American cleric Muqtada al-Sadr have suspended participation in parliament and the government to protest Prime minister Nouri al-Maliki’s summit with U.S. President George W. Bush. A statement issued Wednesday by the 30 lawmakers and five Cabinet ministers said their action was necessary because the meeting […]
There’s a war in Iraq? I thought the only thing going on was with the John Mark Karr character. Well it must be going well over there then since our great news doesn’t say anything about it. Violence in Iraq left nearly 50 people dead Monday in a suicide car bombing and clashes between Shiite […]
You know things are really bad in Iraq when Rumsfeld goes there and can’t even find anything good to say about the situation: “We’re at a point now when the security situation depends as much on the reconciliation process and on the strengthening of (government) ministries,” Rumsfeld told reporters. “Success in those areas will determine […]
Our military presence in Iraq is a major problem – period. People try to argue the “stay the course” line over and over again, but look at these stories from today alone: Four more U.S. soldiers have been charged with rape and murder and a fifth with dereliction of duty in the alleged rape-slaying of […]
Today the Washington Post had this little article in it that I thought was interesting: Republicans, worried that their conservative base lacks motivation to turn out for the fall elections, have found a new rallying cry in the dreams of liberals about censuring or impeaching President Bush. The proposal this week by Senator Russell D. […]
Well Bush has sunk to a new low in approval ratings. With that, what is his strategy now to regain support? Reuters has the answer: Amid rising sectarian violence in Iraq, President George W. Bush will make a new push to bolster support for his Iraq policy in a series of speeches that begin on […]
Well we finally got some good news for Democrats. In the latest AP-IPSOS poll it seems more and more are favoring a change in leadership in Congress. As matter of fact 49% want Democrats to control Congress as opposed to only 36% wanting Republicans in control. That’s a 13 point margin so you can throw […]