Posts Tagged ‘War’

This morning, before the Senate Committee on Armed Services, Senator Carl Levin (D) and Lindsey Graham (R)  made interesting statements about the use of torture on Guantanamo detainees. Senate Committee on Armed Services Sen. Carl Levin, D-Michigan: "How did it come about that American military personnel stripped detainees naked, put them in ...

Lately, the President has received a lot of criticism for the foreign policy he has pushed throughout both of his terms in office.  The world-wide frustration with our president is starting to manifest in the form of European protests and appeals for impeachment and removal. Despite the negative press and ...

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 ...

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, ...

On the 5th anniversary of the Iraq War, only 31 percent of Americans approve of how President Bush is handling his job.   67  percent disapprove of his performance and his 40-point drop in popularity since the Iraq war started is only rivaled by the Vietnam War. "Bush's approval rating five years ...

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.  ...

For years, Americans have been complaining about the use of torture, violations of human rights and the death of civil liberties in the U.S.  Lately, the U.S. has received a lot of criticism over judgment errors, mishandling of evidence and deceptive statements regarding international law and policy.  Today, China gladly ...

MSNBC debate - Cleveland, Ohio Russert gets Clinton to admit she was wrong about Iraq Senator Hillary Clinton, when asked whether there was a single vote she regretted or would take back, finally conceded that Iraq was a mistake. Over the last week, I've been considering the faults of both the Obama ...

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 ...

That's what Americans are thinking as per the latest Rasmussen Reports.  Americans want our soldiers back home, most saying that they'd like to see that happen within the next year. Here are a few of the results from the February 19th polling: A Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey found that ...

The Turkish military on Friday, invaded the northern border of Iraq with a ground operation against Kurdish rebels.  Turkey was threatening to do this previously, but met resistance from the United States. Turkey gave the United States and Iraqi authorities advance notice of its incursion, White House spokesman Scott Stanzel said. "We ...

Some political analysts and economists argue that the war is only compounding the effect of a sluggish economy and but for the war, our economy might be in better shape than it is now.  You can't get President Bush to agree, however.  According to Bush, the war is actually helping ...

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 ...

In an interesting move during his trip to the Middle East, President Bush decided it would be prudent to form a pact with the Iraqi government that would make it difficult for future Presidents to intervene unilaterally. If successful, the President would once again avert constitutional safeguards that ...

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 -- ...

This is an important message. It is cross-posted on the Unamerican Revolution website, you can find that article here: Political ads sponsor Homegrown Terrorism The politics of fear is a fascinating subject but it's sad that we even need to have this discussion in the United States. It's no ...

a real patriot calls out Mike Huckabee on his rhetoric The GOP needs to get away from this super patriot nonsense.  Americans aren't appreciative of the exploitation of God and our soldiers to push policy.  It worked at first because we were still hurting and vulnerable from 9/11 and Americans weren't ...

"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 ...

I'm sick of criminals getting off without paying the price for their illegal acts. Why should Telecommunication companies get off with violating our Constitution and supporting our War Criminal of a President? Screw them and screw Harry Reid for betraying our nation. In a few hours, Majority ...

In search of a Keith Olbermann video called "Bushed", I saw a comment by someone that said "President Bush, the face of America..." I have to admit, that comment really bothered me. The video by Keith Olbermann was hostile and made in his traditional Bush hating style. President Bush ...

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 ...

Keith Olbermann calls out George W. Bush. He says President Bush is a "bald faced liar" and "idiot-in-chief," calls Dick Cheney a "war monger." "Dick Cheney is either this President's evil ventriloquist, or he thinks he is." Olbermann questions how Dick Cheney can drop such information and downright lies ...