While the mayor of Boston continues in his endless quest to prove to the world that he is both utterly clueless... A furious Boston Mayor Thomas M. Menino vowed... [More]
February 1, 2007
Zbigniew Brzezinsk: "The war in Iraq is a historic, strategic, and moral calamity"
Via Andrew Sullivan, Zbigniew Brzezinski, President Carter's National Security Advisor, delivered a blistering analysis today before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee: It is time for the White House to come... [More]
"Meaningful" Lessons
WaPo: A long-awaited National Intelligence Estimate on Iraq, presented to President Bush by the intelligence community yesterday, outlines an increasingly perilous situation in which the United States has little control... [More]
February 6, 2007
While The Senate Stalls, Obama Leads
Via Atrios, news from Obama's office just in. The emphasis is mine. Obama, Thompson and Murphy Introduce Plan to De-Escalate and End the War in Iraq Senator Barack Obama Along... [More]
The Economist Lays The Smackdown on Bush's Freedom Agenda
From their Democracy in America blog: FOUR recent articles remind us of the wildly complex Middle East into which America has charged: The Saudis are reasserting their regional role to... [More]
February 9, 2007
In Your Name
From today's WaPo, an editorial from a former interrogator in Iraq who worked with the 82nd Airborne. This is what honor and courage look like: The lead interrogator at the... [More]
February 11, 2007
Bill Kristol: Obama Would Have Been Pro-Slavery Stephen Douglass, Not Lincoln
Over the last few years, I've heard Bill Kristol say some fairly stupid and juvenile things. But today's effort on FoxNewsSunday is without a doubt the worst of the worst.... [More]
"An Operational Relationship"
Doug Feith really is intent on living up to his billing as the "stupidest f'ing man in the world." Via Kevin Drum... Doug Feith Today: Nobody in my office ever... [More]
The Politics Behind 24
You think its just a TV show? Think again. This past November, U.S. Army Brigadier Genera Patrick Finnegan, the dean of the United States Military Academy at West Point, flew... [More]
February 13, 2007
It Depends What The Meaning of "Slam Dunk" Is
This is just brilliant. Is there anyone in this administration willing to take responsibility for anything? Last week it was Doug Feith disavowing responsibility for the pre-war intelligence analysis his... [More]
February 14, 2007
Iran more "Disruptive" Than Al Qaeda?
So says Undersecretary of State Nicholas Burns. Unbelievable.... [More]
February 15, 2007
Osama Teen Hunger Force
Via Andrew Sullivan, this is hilarious.... [More]
February 23, 2007
We Went To War To Prevent WMD Proliferation, Right?
Brilliant. BAGHDAD, Feb. 22 — Insurgents are likely to continue combining car bombs with chlorine gas and other chemicals to launch attacks similar to three in recent weeks that spewed... [More]
Compare And Contrast, Or Something...
Dick Cheney, circa 1991: “The notion that we ought to now go to Baghdad and somehow take control of the country strikes me as an extremely serious one in terms... [More]
February 26, 2007
Cheney Warns Pakistan To Get Serious Or Else!
This is brilliant. One minute he is claiming that the Dems in Congress are al Qaeda's wet dream. The next minute he is showing up in Pakistan using the Democratic... [More]
US Funds Terror Groups In Iran (Updated)
A reminder: We tried this exact strategy in Afghanistan back in the 1980s, and the result was the Taliban and al Qaeda. America is secretly funding militant ethnic separatist groups... [More]
February 28, 2007
Setting Timetables for the GWOT
Notice to al Qaeda: The Bush administration believes that the Global War on Terror must be won by October 2008. Apparently our national security policy infrastructure won't be able to... [More]
Army Times: Walter Reed patients told to keep quiet
Consider the source when reading this: Soldiers at Walter Reed Army Medical Center’s Medical Hold Unit say they have been told they will wake up at 6 a.m. every morning... [More]
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