More like this, please
As Atrios would say. From Americans United for Change.
Continue reading →Category Archives: Iraq
No End In Sight
Opening July 27th. Winner of the Special Jury Prize for Documentary, Sundance Film Festival 2007. Unfortunately this will be in very limited release. Check the theaters link to see if there will be a showing near you.
Continue reading →Guess it’s official
September then and now… UPDATE: A re-do. Because I wanted it to be at the top again. Come September, we’ll know whether the occupation of Iraq has succeeded. But everyone’s linking to this one: How times change. It strikes me how much the young men in that first video look like they could be Young Republicans today (well, maybe they’re a little more stylish). That’s the era they really want to get back to, isn’t it? Instead they give us the current one. And I’m not convinced they even realize what they’ve done – they are that much out of … Continue reading →
Uh oh
Guess September won’t be the end after all… Commanders in Iraq See ‘Surge’ Into ’08 Pentagon to Deploy 35,000 Replacement Troops The Pentagon announced yesterday that 35,000 soldiers in 10 Army combat brigades will begin deploying to Iraq in August as replacements, making it possible to sustain the increase of U.S. troops there until at least the end of this year…. “The surge needs to go through the beginning of next year for sure,” said Lt. Gen. Raymond T. Odierno, the day-to-day commander for U.S. military operations in Iraq. The new requirement of up to 15-month tours for active-duty soldiers … Continue reading →
Tornado Destroys Kansas Town
Unfortunately, much of the equipment needed for reconstruction is stuck in Iraq. Iraq War Hampers Kansas Cleanup GREENSBURG, Kan. (AP) — The rebuilding effort in tornado-ravaged Greensburg, Kansas, likely will be hampered because some much-needed equipment is in Iraq, said that state
Continue reading →Olbermann on Bush and Iraq
As usual, Olbermann is kicking ass. Watch carefully the collage of claims of “progress in Iraq” through the years.
Continue reading →Listening to the Commanders
Bush likes to say that the Democrats are trying to micromanage and overrule our military commanders on the ground. From VoteVets.org comes this letter from Gen. Paul D. Eaton, who has something to say about the matter. Dear Mr. President, Today, in your veto message regarding the bipartisan legislation just passed on Operation Iraqi Freedom, you asserted that you so decided because you listen to your commanders on the ground. Respectfully, as your former commander on the ground, your administration did not listen to our best advice. In fact, a number of my fellow Generals were forced out of their … Continue reading →
You Can’t Veto the Truth
Buying the War
Tonight’s “Must See TV”, Bill Moyers presents Buying the War, a report on the media’s complicity with the selling of the invasion of Iraq. 9 pm Eastern on your local PBS station. UPDATE: “Buying the War” also can be viewed online in its entirety.
Continue reading →Jon Stewart Interviews Ali Allawi
While most of the media is mesmerized by psychotic shootings and the comedy stylings of Don Imus, the Daily Show has a serious discussion of events in Iraq. Both parts of the interview are embedded below.
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