Category Archives: Foreign policy

Not Exactly Hugs Between Hillary And Barack, But That’s OK

The media has waited with baited breath – and a volume of verbiage the world has rarely seen outside of coverage of Paris Hilton and Brittney Spears’ crotches – for Hillary to do her concession bit and for the two … Continue reading

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Time: (The Dangers Inherent In) “Perpetruating The Al Qaeda/Iraq Myth”

That the Bushies deliberated lied and “created” al Qaeda where it was not (Iraq) was bad enough; but Time tells us why this lie’s still rolling, still causing enormous problems short- and long-term.

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Carter Speaks Out, Becomes Persecuted

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Republicans Decree Iraq Surge “Worked Beautifully”, No One Challenges

Have you noticed? Despite how obvious it was that the Pentagon and the Bush Administration, in their most recent assessment of Bush’s big escalation of war in early 2007, were lying about how “peachy” the situation in Iraq is, all … Continue reading

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“Iraq War: Why Defunding Is Politically Viable”

One of our readers recommends this piece at Garling Gauge in reference to my post about the House of Representatives (almost exclusively Democrats voted nay) and its vote to reject the latest blank check George Bush demands to wage more … Continue reading

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Thank The President For The Latest Gas Price Hike

No joke. With crude oil prices already well past the record $100/barrel that we used to treat as the great marker for “peak oil”, where was the price going to go but WAAAAY up when Bush does the following in … Continue reading

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“No Child Left Behind” Alive or Free in Iraq?

And this figure does not include the juveniles, some as young as 11 or 12, sent to Guantanamo Bay on specious, oft-never-filed charges: The U.S. military is holding about 500 juveniles suspected of being “unlawful enemy combatants” in detention centers … Continue reading

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McCain Campaign Populated By Lobbyists, Defense Privateers

Just how many McCain finance chairman, etc., have either had to step down or pretend they don’t hear the questions being asked about their participation in the ironically-entitled Straight Talk Express? Far, far too many. For Dems and perhaps for … Continue reading

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Bush Likens Obama Diplomacy To Hitler Appeasement/Holocaust

President (I can never believe he bears this title) George W. Bush has done so many reprehensible things during his “administration” that it’s hard to find a new source of outrage. Yet he managed to provide just that when, in … Continue reading

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Call Your Congress Critters: Stop New Bush War Blank Check

As early as tomorrow, the House will vote on Bush’s latest arrogant, insane demand for another blank check to pay for Iraq and Afghanistan – money that always ends up in the hands of ranking (and rank) Republicans and defense … Continue reading

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Burma: We Need To Send More Than Our Prayers

Whether you call the nation Burma, as many of its citizens refer to it, or Myanmar, a name adopted by the militaristic crew leading it, this is a nation that was in one big hurt BEFORE the cyclone struck (and … Continue reading

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And The Cheney/Halliburton/KBR Crew Just Keep Stealing

From Think Progress: Yesterday, two former employees of embattled contract company KBR told a congressional panel that some of their coworkers frequently stole money and artwork from Iraq. One said that €œsome of her American colleagues doing construction work in … Continue reading

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On Hillary Clinton, Her Comments On Iran, And More

Last week, I posted that Hillary Clinton had completely lost me when she said that if Iran did anything Israel didn’t like, she would have no trouble annihilating a country of tens of millions of people. Before that, I’ve been … Continue reading

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Condi Warned Jimmy on Hamas?

Last week, Jimmy Carter, ex-president and humanistic diplomat, visited the leaders of Hamas. The Right swooned: how dare he? This, of course, is because the American Government’s tongue is so far up the anal sphincter of Israel that to give … Continue reading

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How Hillary Won Pennsylvania, But Lost This Voter

After some six weeks of discussion as to how Pennsylvania Democrats would vote today, Hillary Clinton has won the primary there, which many believe gives her enough momentum (never to be confused, pretty please, with JoeMentum, as in Karl Rove’s … Continue reading

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The Torture Revelations: Why We MUST Act NOW

That representatives of us, the citizens of the United States of America were DIRECTED by senior members of the Bush Administration (Cheney, Rumsfeld, etc. and with Bush’s full blessing) in secret meetings we now KNOW were held and chaired by … Continue reading

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The Bush Administration-Petraeus -Pentagon Fairy Tale in PDF Form

The excellent Cernig at The Newshoggers (update your links!) points us to where to find a copy of what Petraeus is bullshitting before Capitol Hill again today: The good folks at Danger Room have provided General Petraeus’ briefing slides and … Continue reading

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Petraeus Back To Betray Us Again

Well, his words yesterday seemed like whole big repeats of late LAST summer (when the surge was supposed to be nearly over) and the Bush Administration lines on the Iraq war for more than four years. I could barely contain … Continue reading

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Mad As Hell About McCain’s Treacherous Take On New G.I. Bill

The more I think about the failure of GOP presidential candidate by default, John McCain, to embrace a new G.I. “rewards” bill to better aid vets with post war education, etc, the more pissed I become. Not that McCain, with … Continue reading

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George Bush Goes Out As Horny Old Toad

Mind you, I would much preferred George Bush spend his 8 years (gag) screwing some willing-woman-not-his-wife (shudder) rather than us and the entire rest of the world but… What’s with this picture featured as a caption writing opportunity at Buzzflash? … Continue reading

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