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I’ve about had it with the blithering and dithering over the capture of Saddam. As much as Bush and crew would like us to believe this is the greatest thing since the end of World War II, the fact is it ain’t gonna change a thing. There still are no WMDs found and the […] Here’s a great idea via The Liquid List: It turns out that soldiers are writing to their families from Iraq asking for toothpaste, shampoo, and other basic needs that the military makes them buy. Yes, makes them buy. Why, you may ask, isn’t the military providing this stuff for free? That’s a damn good question, […] Although he is, sadly, probably unelectable, you got to hand it to Dennis Kucinich. His web site has a powerful antiwar ad. The national Democractic Party, MoveOn or the like should buy this ad from him, keep it updated and air it repeatedly nationally. (Via Left I on the News) […] This has been bothering me for a while. It seems the term(s) of the moment in Iraq is we’re fighting “insurgents” or an “insurgency.” According to the American Heritage dictionary, the definition of insurgent is: (1) Rising in revolt against established authority, especially a government; and, (2) Rebelling against the leadership of a political party. […] Check out Thomas Powers’ excellent article, The Vanishing Case For War in the New York Review of Books. Something that struck me on Thanksgiving. Will Dubya’s trip to Baghdad be viewed as a daring gesture by the C-in-C to the troops, an expensive political ploy to bolster his poll numbers (especially since Hillary Clinton […] |
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