By Larry Johnson on Jan 19, 2007 in Current Affairs | 11 Comments
byLarry C Johnson As we leap off the cliff into the yawning maw of violence that awaits us in Iraq we might want to figure out which side we are on. Until now, US forces have spent most of their time targeting and killing Sunni insurgents with two major exceptions–April 2004 and November 2004. On [...]
By SusanUnPC on Jan 18, 2007 in Current Affairs | 29 Comments
[UPDATE: Digital shot of photo spread on McCain in the new Vanity Fair, below.] It’s common knowledge now that McCain’s touted “straight talk” is a sham. It had to be over for even his diehard fans (except Don Imus, who’s hopeless) when McCain kept silent after Bush eviscerated his vaunted torture bill with a signing [...]
By SusanUnPC on Jan 18, 2007 in Current Affairs | 34 Comments
Lawrence Wilkerson, a top aide to former Secretary of State Colin Powell with whom he had a falling out over his criticisms of the Bush administration, told BBC Newsnight program that “Iran offered the US a package of concessions in 2003, but it was rejected. This plan, say experts, “corresponds pretty closely to what Washington [...]
By SusanUnPC on Jan 17, 2007 in Current Affairs | 15 Comments
By Patrick Lang, from his blog, Sic Semper Tyrannis 2007: Senator Clinton held a press conference today on her resolves following the announcement of President’s new and improved strategy on Iraq. Bottom Line: She intends to introduce legislation that would: – Freeze the number of US troops in Iraq to 132,000 while providing full funding [...]
By SusanUnPC on Jan 17, 2007 in Current Affairs | 9 Comments
From “Exposed” at Andrew Sullivan’s Time blog where, by the way, he’s holding a “blogalogue” (“Debating Sam I Am“) with Sam Harris, author of The End of Faith: Religion, Terror, and the Future of Reason: The bigotry and hatred being perpetrated by some Saudi-funded radical Muslims in Britain is slowly being exposed by the British [...]
By SusanUnPC on Jan 16, 2007 in Current Affairs | 26 Comments
UPDATE: Great news. Sen. Jim Webb (D-VA) will deliver the Democrats’ response to Bush’s SOTU next Tuesday. TOP POST, on Iraq, from No Quarter regular Leslie, originally posted at BoomanTribune.com. And, despite the title, she is so not confused: Confused Is anyone else as confused as I am about who Bush is supporting in Iraq: [...]
By SusanUnPC on Jan 15, 2007 in Current Affairs | 22 Comments
Seattle P.I. Caption: A Seahawks fan, refusing to let go of the season, lies in front of the team’s charter bus at Boeing Field after the team’s return from Chicago. Police removed the fan. (January 14, 2007) Also LYING in front of the bus, which has already driven over them — OH HELL! WITH THEIR [...]
By SusanUnPC on Jan 14, 2007 in Current Affairs | 13 Comments
By SusanUnPC, who lives, you guessed it, in the Pacific Northwest … DA BEARS: I’m obsessing about the 9-1/2 points the oddsmakers have given to the Bears over my Seahawks. (Just so you know, it’s not just Washingtonians who are fixated on this game. The Seahawks are THE team for all of Alaska, Oregon, Idaho, [...]
By Larry Johnson on Jan 12, 2007 in Current Affairs | 30 Comments
byLarry C Johnson The Bush surge is not about "Mission Creep", it is "Mission Leap". Every justification for going to war in Iraq has been exhausted and repudiated. Finally, with the execution of Saddam Hussein, we have jumped the shark. Yes we have deposed Saddam and his regime, we have certified that there are no [...]
By SusanUnPC on Jan 12, 2007 in Current Affairs | 23 Comments
While Barack Obama made a big splash after Bush’s speech Wednesday night on CNN’s Larry King and ABC Nightline, it was Sen. Jim Webb’s questions and statements at Thursday’s grilling of Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice that I most eagerly anticipated (and which are provided in full below the fold). While Obama is very sharp [...]
By SusanUnPC on Jan 11, 2007 in Current Affairs | 34 Comments
By SusanUnPC: When at first you can’t succeed (Iraq, 2003-Present; Lebanon, 2006-Present; New Orleans, 2005-Present), try, try again.Keith Olbermann said tonight in his Special Commentary, “Bush’s strategy fails because it depends on his credibility.” But nobody, so far, has stopped this incompetent ignoramus: FRIDAY UPDATE: “Note from Flynt Leverett: Most Important Parts of Bush Speech [...]
By SusanUnPC on Jan 11, 2007 in Current Affairs | 20 Comments
Sen. Joe Biden just informed Secretary of State Condeleezza Rice that, should the Bush administration attempt to cross over into Iran without Congressional approval, such action will provoke a “constitutional confrontation.” Sen. Biden is the chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. (I am listening to the Senate Foreign Relations committee hearing on Iraq, via [...]
By Larry Johnson on Jan 10, 2007 in Current Affairs | 67 Comments
byLarry C Johnson George Bush still does not get it. The war in Iraq is not and never has been about terrorism. The attacks, the vast majority of attacks carried out against U.S. troops and Iraqis, are not the work of foreign jihadists operating under the direction of Osama Bin Laden. The facts on the [...]
By SusanUnPC on Jan 10, 2007 in Current Affairs | 19 Comments
“The only surge we need in Iraq is a diplomatic one.” – Gov. Bill Richardson, today. Along with news that The Dumb Decider will force 21,500+ troops into Bloody Baghdad (already underway) as part of the “McCain Doctrine*,” even The Sun (via Kagro X) is getting picky with the plan: “The thousands of troops that [...]
By SusanUnPC on Jan 9, 2007 in Current Affairs | 39 Comments
Prohibition.–Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no Federal funds may be obligated or expended by the United States government to increase the number of United States forces in Iraq above the number for such forces which existed as of January 9, 2007, without a specific authorization from Congress by law for such an increase. – [...]
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