The war on terror is actually fueling al Qaeda. That is the determination of a new study: A report by the Oxford Research Group (ORG) said a “fundamental re-think is required” if the global terrorist network is to be rendered ineffective. “If the al Qaeda movement is to be countered, then the roots of its […]
Well – he sure didn’t do it during the debate. Hell he didn’t even mention Bush’s name: Republican presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani said in Iowa on Friday that President Bush’s response to terrorism will ensure his legacy is that of “a great president.” “He will be, I believe, a president who will be viewed by […]
Today the number of soldiers killed in Iraq reached 3,308, including 3 soldiers killed today. Also under the radar is the U.K.’s decision to drop the phrase “war on terror”: The British government has stopped using the phrase “war on terror” to refer to the struggle against political and religious violence, according to a Cabinet […]
Here is the White House’s “Lessons Learned” from hurricane Katrina, with one key part: The National Response Plan’s Mission Assignment process proved to be far too bureaucratic to support the response to a catastrophe. Melvin Holden, Mayor-President of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, noted that, “requirements for paper work and form completions hindered immediate action and deployment […]
It sure looks that way and the number 2 at the Department of Defense has penciled in the date – October, 2008 (gee – 1 month before the Presidential elections). I guess Bush saying that this is a “generational fight” was all more Bushit. Instead the war on terror has been mostly a political exercise. […]
Bush always equates Iraq to the war on terror, even when experts disagree with him. What is sad is how he has done this so much that he seems to have mentally drawn a disconnect from the real war on terror, which is suffering now: More troops and sophisticated equipment are needed to bolster Afghanistan’s […]
This past spring we read headlines of how “the brain is back”. Of course they were talking about Karl Rove, who came back strong into the political arena once he was cleared in the Valerie Plame leak case. Shortly after that, Rove remained the headline. He laid out the GOP strategy for the mid-term elections […]
In 2003 we heard how we could fight two wars at the same time without putting our country at greater risk. A lot of military experts agreed with that assessment, but the “decider” spoke so here we are 3 years later fighting two wars. Of course our efforts in the war that really matters, Afghanistan, […]
A new study has estimated the Iraqi death toll at 655,000 since the start of the invasion. This study was conducted using a new method: Researchers used household interviews rather than body counts to estimate how many more Iraqis had died because of the war than used to die annually in peacetime. “We estimate that […]
Iraq is getting worse by the day and they are starting to give up on these little “rosie” assessments we have become use to hearing. Here is the latest news from the Pentagon: The U.S. military will likely maintain the current force levels of more than 140,000 troops in Iraq through next spring, the top […]