Oh dear. UPDATE: It appears this may have all been a mishap. A nuclear mishap, but a mishap nonetheless.... [More]
September 6, 2007
September 11, 2007
What Happens When the Pentagon and Petraeus Don't Agree
Oh my. It looks like we are about to find out.... [More]
September 13, 2007
Adm. Fallon on Petraeus: "an ass-kissing little chickensh*t”
Oh my - via ThinkProgress: Fallon told Petraeus [in March] that he considered him to be “an ass-kissing little chickensh*t” and added, “I hate people like that”, the sources say.... [More]
September 17, 2007
The Webb Amendment
Greg Sargent has big news on the status of Sen. Webb's troops readiness amendment. It looks like Democrats may in fact be rapidly approaching the magical 60 votes needed to... [More]
September 19, 2007
The House Of Wisdom
This is ridiculous: The U.S. military has introduced "religious enlightenment" and other education programs for Iraqi detainees, some of whom are as young as 11, Marine Maj. Gen. Douglas M.... [More]
Embarrassing and Sad
Not all that long ago, the US Marine Corps was responsible for protecting US diplomats in our embassies around the world. But thanks to the geniuses who brought us the... [More]
Troop Cuts? Hardly
I've wondered how military families were going to react to the spin. Here's a first look from Newsweek: Sept. 14, 2007 - In endorsing Gen. David Petraeus's recommendations on Iraq,... [More]
Warner Disappoints Again
In case you haven't been following the twists and turns over the Webb Amendment, until the last day or so it looked like Sen. John Warner (R-VA) was going to... [More]
September 26, 2007
Another General Dissents...Will Anyone Notice?
This time it is Gen. Ricardo Sanchez, commander of coalition forces in Iraq from mid-2003 to mid-2004. Scott Horton over at Harpers has more: For three months now, Sanchez has... [More]
September 27, 2007
Privatizing War
Josh Marshall is pledging to make it a major focus for TPM over the coming months, a project that he's kicked off with a series of posts outlining the problems... [More]
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