Archive for the ‘War’ Category

The Associated press reported that the House Judiciary Committee has voted to compel a top Dick Cheney Aide to testify regarding the Bush Administration's interrogation practices. David Addington originally refused to testify without a subpoena so the committee decided on Tuesday to force his testimony.   A date hasn't been set for ...

As you know, General Petraeus is before Congress today to issue report on the state of Iraqi progress.  As questions are asked by various Senators, I can't help but wonder if the war-hawks in Congress are aware of how ridiculous they sound when they speak before Congress on issues of ...

Republican war-supporters convinced America to support George W. Bush's Iraq invasion.  The only real excuse aside from the overwhelming use of nationalism and patriotism to achieve political agendas was that President Bush and Administration made a "mistake", an error in judgment that should be excused.  A decade after the fact, ...

As you no doubt have read, today is the fifth anniversary of the Iraq War.  CNN has reported a major anti-War protest in San Francisco that is resulting in threats of arrests along with a few people hauled in for obstructing traffic.  Chicago, D.C. and elsewhere have experienced similar protests.  ...

Waging The War On A Tactic Few Americans have paid much attention to the Ron Paul and Dennis Kucinich obsessions that have developed online.  Most of the activity and noise that both campaigns generated is written off as cult behaviorism and "crazies" within the extreme wings of the party.  Do ...

You have to consider the forum when listening to his words, but this is really what he believes.  President Bush spoke at CPAC - the conservative political action conference that is the polar opposite of MoveOn.org in terms of partisan preference. "We have had good debates and soon we will have ...

Saddam Hussein is reported as having "misled the world" in believing that Iraq had WMds.  Now it seems Saddam Hussein is to blame for the Iraq War and apparently he made a conscious effort to mislead the world about his non-existent WMDs. After all, it is Saddam Hussein that "led the ...

How much ignorance is too much ignorance? When is it OK to give presidential candidates a pass when they clearly are not only insensitive, but lack the kind of knowledge and depth that we might want in a President in 2008. Our next President is charged with the most ...

U.S. Military Spends Quarter Of A Billion Dollars Per Year On "Concerned Local Citizens" To Stay 'Neutral'. Was MoveOn.org right to publish the controversial "Betray-us" ad in the NY Times? As it turns out, the good General Petraeus has come up with the perfect scheme that allows the illegal Iraq war -- ...

"The United States does not torture" -- George W. Bush Some may question why the President is receiving so much flack for water-boarding when our enemy is strapping dynamite around their collective waist and blowing up American soldiers. The answer is simple, first: two wrongs don't make a right. Torture and ...

Scaring "the right people", using terror to fight terror Anyone keeping track of the Bush Administration and the neo-conservative push towards a police State shouldn't be surprised by the news.  The NYPD, among other agencies in the U.S. are building a foundation for using terrorism against 'evil-doers'. Bush, fascism gives way to ...

Discovery A Council of Europe investigator says he has evidence to prove the CIA ran secret jails in Poland and Romania to interrogate "war on terror" suspects. Denial The CIA has dismissed a Council of Europe report alleging that it ran secret jails for terror suspects in Europe after the 11 September attacks. Cover-up The ...

the War at Home, depoliticizing "the troops"(tm) I won't play the game that the Super Patriots want to play. It's a war of rhetoric and they're playing with not just American taxpayer dollars, but they are playing with the lives of our loved ones in the military. So ...

Dennis Kucinich has been making impeachment noise for half a year now, if not longer. Democrats are getting restless, the GOP is getting desperate, and President Bush continues to drop ridiculous sound bytes of impending catastrophe if we don't wipe out the entire middle east. Ok, so his ...

This was an interesting week in politics. A number of interesting developments on the war front. First, Democrats gave up on the General Mukasey "torture" issue. They caved out of fear of losing support from the center during the 2008 elections. Interestingly enough, they are starting ...

What have we learned over the last two President Bush terms? Republicans on the far right are willing to lie to Americans in order to gain and retain power. Lets go over some of the lies that we've witnessed and some of the lies we're sure to face ...

the President wants immunity for American corporations that may have broken the law while "protecting Americans in the war on terror". As if it wasn't bad enough that the government is working to protect rogue groups like Blackwater from prosecution, now the government is looking to grant immunity to the ...

Chief UN atomic watchdog Mohamed ElBaradei said Sunday he had no evidence that Iran is building nuclear weapons and accused US leaders of adding "fuel to the fire" with recent bellicose rhetoric. "Even if Iran were to be working on a nuclear weapon ... they are at least a few years ...

Rumsfeld torture charge in France - Oct. 26, 2007 Rumsfeld was engaged in sketchy, maybe even illegal behavior while operating on behalf of the Bush administration. We've been waiting for the stories to come out and today we were treated to a preview of what to expect as we ...

 United States State Department Security Chief resigns Richard Griffin gave no official explanation as to his withdrawal, but it comes amidst investigation into the Blackwater Scandal. Mohammed Abdul Razzaq, was offered $12,500 over the death of his son.  He rejected the offer. "they didn't acknowledge their crime [...]   Don't they need to acknowledge ...

On September 11th, "things changed," we are told, as if anyone could forget the tragedy that took place. Americans are often reminded by the federal government that "we are at war" and Americans must be willing to make certain sacrifices that wouldn't be asked of them if we were not at ...

An American soldier came out to explain why he believes Blackwater is arguably more dangerous than Al Qaida. After all, they came close to killing him twice, and he was fuming afterwards. He understands that Blackwater draws its paycheck from the U.S. taxpayers, "Uncle Sam", but explains that ...

Congressman Pete Starks issued an apology to the House, President, and troops Congressman Pete Starks, a few minutes ago, stood before the House to apologize for statements he made about the President's amusement from "blowing up the troops." Congressman Starks was visibly shaken after Republicans passed a resolution ...

CBS confirms: Plame's job was to keep nukes from Iran CBS News has confirmed that Valerie Plame Wilson "was involved in operations to prevent Iran from building nuclear weapons." RAW STORY first revealed Plame's Iran mission and the damage done to CIA operations by her outing two years ago, ...

Good or Evil? Whose side are we on, anyway? Over the weekend, the BBC reported that Iraqi women, children and elderly civilians were killed in a "barbaric" attack in the city of Sadr. Our military officially claimed "49 criminals" were killed in an operation in Sadr. Iraqi ...