The NYT received a copy of a classified briefing given by the US Central Command on the security situation in Iraq. Here's how the NYT describe it: The conclusions the... [More]
November 1, 2006
Leave No Man Behind?
Last night I highlighted a story about how the Bush administration caved to pressure from the Iraq government, effectively abandoning a US soldier behind enemy lines for political purposes. It... [More]
Don't Blame Rumsfeld. Blame the Troops?
I've been wondering when this would start... For years now we've been told by the civilian administration, all the way on up tot he Commander in Chief, that the "Generals"... [More]
November 2, 2006
U.S. Soldier Killed Herself After Objecting to Interrogation Techniques
Oh dear god.... The true stories of how American troops, killed in Iraq, actually died keep spilling out this week. On Tuesday, we explored the case of Kenny Stanton Jr.,... [More]
One More Reason To Hate McCain
UPDATE: I've noticed this page continues to get loads of Google Search traffic, so over the next few days I'm going to do my best to outline just why... [More]
Their Incompetence Knows No Ends (UPDATED)
This is truly terrifying: Last March, the federal government set up a Web site to make public a vast archive of Iraqi documents captured during the war. The Bush administration... [More]
November 3, 2006
The Revolt of the Neo-Cons (Updated Multiple TImes)
Expect this story to dominate the airwaves this weekend. You've got all - and I do mean ALL - of the most important neo-cons going on the record together to... [More]
Army Times: "Time For Rumsfeld To Go"
Oh. My. God. They have officially lost the military: An editorial scheduled to appear on Monday in Army Times, Air Force Times, Navy Times and Marine Corps Times, calls for... [More]
November 6, 2006
Richard Engel Continues To Uncover The Truth
While many other reporter hide in the relatively well-protected Green Zone, NBC's Richard Engel puts on his flak jacket and heads out into the wilds of Iraq to uncover the... [More]
November 8, 2006
My Prediciton This Morning
For the record... I made the following prediction this morning in my 9am PO101 class: 1. Rumsfeld resigns 2. Lieberman takes his place 3. The Republican Governor of Connecticut Jodi... [More]
Bush's Gates/Rumsfeld Announcement
The president is now stumbling through the introduction of Gates as the new Secretary of Defense. Again, no transcript, but I cannot believe what I just heard... Bush just touted... [More]
The Plan For Iraq, Obama-style
Obama has one, and he plans to tell the world all about it in two weeks. Stay tuned... UPDATE: Here's Obama's take on the election. Because of your voices and... [More]
November 10, 2006
The Iraq Study Group As Saviour
I most definitely agree with Pat Lang on this one. It seems virtually everyone agrees at this point that the findings of the Baker-Hamilton Iraq Study Group will lead to... [More]
November 13, 2006
Quick Links
A few quick links this morning... Excellent analysis over at DailyKos today. Take a look. More interesting work from Kevin Drum on the bogus "conservative Democrat" meme floating around last... [More]
November 15, 2006
More Troops To Iraq? Gen. Abazaid Say "No!"
Whew... This won't make Sen. McCain very happy, now will it? I'm glad to see we're finally going to get realistic about this asinine war. Sending more troops would have... [More]
More Troops?
For god's sake, people.. please. We don't have any more troops to send! Why is this so hard for people to understand? UPDATE: Wonderful. Apparently Baker and his Iraq Study... [More]
November 17, 2006
"We'll Succeed," Bush Added, "Unless We Quit." (Mutiple Updates)
God help us. HANOI, Vietnam (AP) - President Bush, on his first visit to a country where America lost a two-decade-long fight against communism, said Friday the Vietnam War's lesson... [More]
"General Shinseki Was Right"
Andrew Sullivan has the quote of the day from Gen. Abazaid. Here's my question: what took you so long? I don't care if telling the truth - under oath -... [More]
November 19, 2006
Kissinger And Blair Declare Iraq War A Failure (Updated)
Wow. First Bush lost Tony Blair, then he lost Henry "we only lost in Vietnam because we lost our will at home" Kissinger. ThinkProgress has the video with Blair. The... [More]
November 27, 2006
While We Shop, The Middle East Implodes
Nothing better exemplifies the disconnect between our nation and the rest of the world than the spectacle of dueling headlines that took place over this past weekend. On the one... [More]
How Neoconservatism Has Redefined "Centrism"
For incredibly thorough take-downs of the neo-conservative foreign policy nightmare that we're all living through, this weekend's posts over at Belgravia Dispatch and Unclaimed Territory are absolute must reads. While... [More]
From The Iranian Point Of View...
Foreign Policy has excerpts from a recent interview with Mohsen Rezai, secretary of the Iranian Expediency Council. This isn't just bluster. It really is how they see the world: Now,... [More]
Nailing McCain, In One Sentence Or Less
Of all the things I've seen written about Sen. McCain and the Iraq War, this post today from Hilzoy may very well be the best: Real leadership, and a real... [More]
Honouring Our Commitment
Kevin Drum is dead on with this one. Two of the three Iraq related posts on the front page of TNR today are worthless. But the third, a piece by... [More]
A Descent Into Self-Parody
I'm beginning to suspect that, over the course of the next few years, we as a nation are going to have live through the rapid collapse of the right-wing media... [More]
Breaking Records Is What Matters Most. Apparently.
Not avoiding a failed state. Not protecting and defending our soldiers who are risking their lives. Not finding a way to make stop Iraq's rapid descent into chaos. No no....... [More]
November 30, 2006
"Presidential Politics Isn't American Idol"
Digby is preaching. He must be heeded. Go. Listen. And then see what set him off.... [More]
In Good Faith...
Matt makes a very important point. For all of you out there hoping that Bush finally moves to open negotiations with Iran and Syria, it is important to remember that... [More]
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