Remember when the only thing all of the pro-war people wanted to talk about was "supporting the troops?" Army leaders are expressing increased alarm about... [More]
April 5, 2008
April 6, 2008
Meanwhile, In Iraq.... [With 2 Updates]
WaPo: Bush Listens Closely To His Man in Iraq For months, a debate raged at the top levels of the Bush administration over how quickly... [More]
April 8, 2008
Army Vice-Chief of Staff Cody: "Today's Army is out of balance."
Something to consider as we prepare for Gen. Petraeus' testimony this week. New Yorker: Last week, the General appeared before the Senate Armed Services Committee... [More]
April 11, 2008
Why Won't McCain Support Expanding The G.I. Bill?
I hadn't yet blogged about this issue, because to be perfectly honest I have no idea what to say. There are currently 54 co-sponsors in... [More]
Newsflash: Commander in Chief Backs Recommendations of General Under His Command!!!
Could someone please explain to me why everyone is framing today's story about Bush's "new" plan for Iraq like this? Here's just one example from... [More]
April 13, 2008
Defense Spending
An interesting Top 20 list for your Sunday afternoon: 1 United States $ 583,283,000,000 2 France $ 74,690,470,000 3 United Kingdom $ 68,911,000,000 4 China... [More]
April 14, 2008
Number of the Day: $1.1 Trillion
Via Laura Rozen.... That's the total amount of Army accounting entries that hadn't been properly reviewed and substantiated in the first three quarters of 2007.... [More]
April 16, 2008
Bush Lies Because Troops Might Die?
I realize the headline is a bit over the top, but how else would you summarize this in a single sentence? RADDATZ: All during that... [More]
April 18, 2008
Pentagon's National Defense University: Iraq War "A Major Debacle"
Bush always says he listens to his military experts. I wonder if he will listen to this? McClatchy: The war in Iraq has become "a... [More]
"At the Strategic Level Incoherence Reigns"
One of the most frustrating things for me about the war debate has been the way the pro-and anti-Iraq War factions often talk past one... [More]
Quote of The Day II
This comes from the end of a long McClatchy article detailing the continuing fight over Sadr City. It's a depressing article, one that highlights how... [More]
April 20, 2008
NYT: The Pentagon's Hidden Hand
When President Eisenhower warned the nation about the growing power of the Military-Industrial Complex, this is what he was talking about. I'm going to include... [More]
Reactions to the NYT Story
I'm going to update this post over the next few days with some of the best and/or most noteworthy responses to today's big NYT story.... [More]
April 24, 2008
Honor The Fallen
Read this and you get the sense that they want the American public to forget there is a war going on. Lt. Col. Billy Hall,... [More]
April 25, 2008
Quote of the Day
SECDEF Gates gave two remarkable speeches (and I mean that in an entirely positive way!) this past week, and one of them included this amazing... [More]
Porn Is Bad, M'Kay?
It is moments like these that make me wonder why so many people blindly accept the notion that conservatives understand the culture of our military... [More]
April 30, 2008
WaPo: From Chief Prosecutor To Critic at Guantanamo
Bush and Cheney wanted their kangaroo courts, and it looks like they almost got them. Were it not for a few brave men and women... [More]
Shameless
New rule: If you are a senior public official in the United States government and you are forced to admit that "no one could have... [More]
McCain v. Webb
My money in this battle is on Webb, hands down.... [More]
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