Will someone in the US Administration please make their bloody mind up: Report by the BBC The US ambassador to Iraq has said that continuing sectarian violence there had the potential to turn into civil war. In an interview with the Los Angeles Times, Zalmay Khalilzad indicated that the US had little choice but to […]
Ah views are changing in Washington when it comes to Iraq. This is pointed out in this article by Reuters: Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said on Tuesday there has always been a risk Iraq could slip into a civil war but he accused the news media of exaggerating the severity of the current situation. “I […]
It has been reported on the scotsman.com that the leader of the Scotish National Party has condemms Tony Blair and his looking to god for justification of going to war in Iraq and calls for his impeachment and a parlimentary inquiry. Scottish National Party leader Alex Salmond joined the condemnation of Tony Blair’s assertion that he […]
Remember when Howard Dean made his statement on a radio station about how we are losing the war in Iraq? The right was up in arms calling him a traitor. Pundits came out from everywhere on the right to try and discredit him. Well here is something new for them to get up in arms […]
Harry Reid is still on top of the effort by Republicans to prevent the next phase of the pre-war intelligence report to be completed. Today hereleased a statement about the situation: Washington, DC – On the eve of the two-year anniversary of the start of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence’s investigation into prewar intelligence, […]
James Webb, the former Navy Secretary under Reagan and an outspoken critic of the war in Iraq has announced a run for Senate in Virginia, opposing 5 term Republican Senator George Allen according to the Richmond Times Dispatch. This is another great step forward for Democrats. Not only does it put in some good opposition […]
If you ever had any doubt that one reason for going to war in Iraq was to help boot Halliburton then this story from the Post Chronicle might change your mind: Pentagon Spied on Houston Anti-Halliburton Activists by Houston Global Awareness Jan 24, 2006 A Houston-based anti-Halliburton group was spied on by a top-secret Pentagon […]
Chris Matthews has been on the war path this week. He has likened Bin Laden to Michael Moore and to make matters even worse him, along with colleague Joe Scarborough sat there last night and defended this analogy. If you haven’t kept up on what he said then I urge you to visitThink Progress for […]
The swift boating of John Murtha is now going full force as we learn in today’s Washington Post: Rep. John P. Murtha (D-Pa.), the former Marine who is an outspoken critic of the war in Iraq, has become the latest Democrat to have his Vietnam War decorations questioned. In a tactic reminiscent of the Swift […]
According to the latest CNN/USA Today/Gallup poll, people not only know about the Jack Abramoff scandal but also feel it is a GOP problem and very serious. • Most Americans say they’re following news of the Abramoff scandal closely, and 53% call it a major scandal. Just 9% see it as “not a serious matter.” […]