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Update: the source of the leak is a hoax, but the fact remains: for the GOP to send up John McCain and Sarah Palin to the batter’s box after George Bush’s disastrous tenure shows how reckless the POW (Party of War) is. I do not see how America’s shifting demographics will allow for the GOP […]
How did Iraq turn out, Ehud?
Read more. Had Bush II done what everyone told him, he would have forced Sharon to sit down and make peace with Palestinians… once Palestine would have been established, the ire of the Arab Street would have dissipated, and Iraq would have been forced to focus on getting its standing […]
People like Edward N. Luttwak should not be allowed to talk, let alone morph policy. When talking about the obstacles John McCain faces, he notes:
But the particular Republican president in office happens to be very unpopular. At this point in history, all of George Bush’s achievements have been forgotten or discounted, including the defeat of […]
From The Nation:
Myth 1. It’s a dangerous world. We face an array of serious national security threats that require an experienced Commander in Chief.
Myth 2. The surge has worked. To withdraw from Iraq now would snatch defeat from the jaws of victory and embolden Islamic extremists.
Myth 3. We cannot allow Afghanistan to become a safe […]
Madness I tell you:
Quoting senior diplomatic sources, Britain’s The Guardian said Israeli prime minister Ehud Olmert raised the issue with Mr Bush during his visit to Israel for the 60th anniversary of the Jewish state’s founding.
In a one-to-one meeting on May 14, Mr Bush told the Israeli leader he would not support such a strike […]
According to ThinkProgress, Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Al-Maliki has suggested that President Bush pushed to extend US presence in Iraq “due to political circumstances related to the [U.S] domestic situation.” Translation: To make McCain look good. Or, at least, not as bad.
A little background: In July, Maliki backed Barack Obama’s plan to […]
Bob Woodward attributes the “success of the surge” to a new secret weapon. What is this weapon? According to Info Wars:
One possibility is that the weapon is something similar that described to film maker Patrick Dillon by Iraqi infantryman Majid al-Ghazali - a frightening giant flame-thrower type device that instead shoots out “concentrated lightning bolts” […]
From Iran’s Press TV, quoting Arab-language Israeli daily al-Arab:
The Arab-language Israeli daily al-Arab reported that the three agents were killed on Wednesday in a blast at a building which was guarded by the US security firm Blackwater. According to report, the three agents carried fake Iraqi passports.
Meanwhile, the Iraqi media reported that hundreds of Mossad […]
Well, it’s not $100B, as some are saying. But there are some reports that peg Iraq’s war torn economy with a surplus of $100B:
From CBS News:
Iraq could finish the year with as much as a $79 billion cumulative budget surplus as oil revenues add to leftover income the Iraqis still haven’t spent on national rebuilding, […]