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Dems Defeated in Iraq War Vote. Again. Its Time to Turn Off the Funding Spigot. Now.
Once again, the Dems failed to get to the magic number of 60. That's how many votes are needed to invoke cloture and quash any filibuster attempt.Lindsay Graham summed up the Reep position thusly: The idea of winning the war in Iraq is beginning to g...
No Sifting These Tea Leaves: Greenspan Knows Iraq War All About the Oil
Its the oil, stupid. Color me NOT surprised.Greenspan speakshttp://feeds.feedburner.com/RevoltToday...
Hopes for a Political Solution in Iraq Continue to Fade
From the esteemed Juan Cole today:There is also heavy fighting between Mahdi Army forces and Iraqi government troops in Nasiriya in the south, with British troops allegedly giving some support to the government side. Typically the 'Iraqi government'...
Iraq: We Aren't Number One Failed State
That dubious honor belongs to the Sudan. Iraq is the number two failed state. FPhttp://feeds.feedburner.com/RevoltToday...
There's a Surge in Baghdad Plus a Curfew
But mortars still explode in the Emerald City. herehttp://feeds.feedburner.com/RevoltToday...
How is the Baghdad Surge Doing - Three Months In?
Not well. IHT[An internal] American [military] assessment, completed in late May, found that American and Iraqi forces were able to "protect the population" and "maintain physical influence over" only 146 of the 457 Baghdad neighborhoods.In the remai...
Is Turkey About to Invade Iraq?
Fears of a regional war could be coming true. I expect BushCo to blame Bill Clinton for this mess.Turkey has sent large contingents of reinforcement soldiers, tanks and armored personnel carriers to its border with Iraq as debate heated up over wheth...
A New Job for Wolfowitz?
Freedom Fries Congressman suggests Wolfie become the new mayor of Baghdad. I think its a boffo idea.Note that Walter Jones has recanted his past support for the War on Iraq, and was one of only two Reep congressmen to vote in favor of the Dem proposa...
Cindy Sheehan: You Will Be Missed
Cindy Sheehan is hanging up her peace signs and retiring from the peace movement. I can't even begin to imagine the emotional baggage she carries over losing her son and then becoming the national face of the US peace movement - along with the right...
The Bloom is off the Surge
A new U.S. public opinion survey shows a deepening pessimism over the situation in Iraq. I believe this is noteworthy because opinion polls from two months ago showed a significant uptick in optimism over the occupation efforts. That was because the...
More Political Gridlock in Iraq
On the angle that no-news is still news, nothing's happening on the political front. This is axiomatic to the continued security and military troubles (which are growing worse, not better). From Iraqslogger:Aljazeera.net reported that Kirkuk may beco...
The Latest In Iraq - Food Shortages at US Embassy, Elsewhere
Another sign that we've lost - we can't even properly feed the fat-cats. Mr. Ambassador, your MRE is served.From IraqSloggerhttp://feeds.feedburner.com/RevoltToday...
And Another Example of Why We Are Not Winning in Iraq
Remember, this is happening while the surge is surging (WaPo):A sharp increase in mortar attacks on the Green Zone _ the one-time oasis of security in Iraq's turbulent capital _ has prompted the U.S. Embassy to issue a strict new order telling all em...
Pelosi Threatens Bush Administation on Signing Statements
Well, here's some clarity from the dems on signing statements (The Hill): House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) is threatening to take President Bush to court if he issues a signing statement as a way of sidestepping a carefully crafted compromise Ir...
Another Example of Not Winning In Iraq
Christians are being purged from Baghdad:An exodus of Christians is under way in the southern district of Dora after groups affiliated to al-Qa'eda issued a threat of "convert or be killed".Most have fled to Kurdish northern Iraq, where the village o...
Riddle Me This
Why didn't BushCo simply order Dubya to sign the Iraq spending bill - and the issue a signing statement? Its happened before. Dubya issued a signing statement on the anti-torture bill, and on over 750 other bills.http://feeds.feedburner.com/RevoltTod...
What's Happening In Iraq
On the anniversary of 'Mission Accomplished," let's look at the major factors that will determine how Iraq is faring - economy, politics and security.The EconomyThe U.S. Inspector General for Iraq issued a report that evaluated a sampling of U.S. rec...
Fox News: Dumbing Down the Bias
We all know the allegations - Fox News is biased towards the right, and dumbs down the news. Are these allegations correct? Certainly the democratic candidates for president thought so when the snubbed Fox News for their first debate. And we all know...
Iraq Political (Non) Progress
As horrific and tragic the daily atrocities in Iraq are, I find the lack of any progress towards political stability the most distressing. As many are saying, until real progress on political reconciliation and economic opportunity are present - alon...
Preview of Tenet Interview on 60 Minutes
I found this at First Draft:CBS has a preview of Tenet's interview on 60 Minutes this coming Sunday....Tenet says what bothers him most is that senior administration officials like Vice President Dick Cheney and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice co...
The Thursday Skinny
Who would be so mean and nasty as to suggest that the numbers of deaths in Iraq are being purposely underestimated? Of course, the big bad United Nations just wants to make Dubya look bad.Speaking of making Dubya look bad, the Senate is voting today...
Iraq is a Broken Stool
Barry McCaffrey was in Kansas City for a speech yesterday. Here's some of what he had to say:What sort of evolution do you see to the war in Iraq?We're in trouble.The American people walked away from the war. I don't think they're coming back. Iraq's...
Death of the neocons: Part 2 (continued)
Richard Perle and Wolf square off on CNN. See the clip for yourself here at Raw Story. My take: Perle is shameless; may he rot in hell.http://feeds.feedburner.com/RevoltToday...
Iraq: 289 dead in one day
From the Sac Bee:Two months into the U.S.-led Baghdad Security Plan, at least 289 people were killed and injured across Iraq on Saturday, including 36 dead in a car bomb attack in the holy Shiite city of Karbala.And the powers to be have decreed we h...
Neocon deathwatch: part 2
Part 2 on the individuals of a dead school of political thought - the neocons.Richard "The Prince of Darkness" Perle. This guy really screwed the pooch. He was a major cheerleader for war, and now points his finger directly back at BushCo after they...
Neocon deathwatch: Part 1
Reading the news these days is to read of the political deaths of a whole caste within the political class - the neocons.Let's go through the list. I won't make any claims of being comprehensive, so this list will be updated semi-regularly. Send me y...
Gary Kamiya on why the media failed
Gary Kamiya, writng in Salon, has an important article on why the media failed. He leads with:It's no secret that the period of time between 9/11 and the invasion of Iraq represents one of the greatest collapses in the history of the American media....
Monday is 4th anniversary of the fall of Baghdad
So, big celebrations are slated, right?Uh, no. There will be a ban on all vehicles until Tuesday to deter would-be suicide bombers.I am not otherwise criticizing or commenting on the car ban, per se. If it saves lives, the plan is a good idea. Unfort...
Break out the french fries, brie and croissants!
An important new poll is out. I'll jump right to it:Public Agenda and its partner Foreign Affairs today made public the fourth edition of the Confidence in U.S. Foreign Policy Index (CFPI)...The Spring 2007 Anxiety Indicator stands at 137, well above...
Duncan Hunter plays to his base: Blackwater
Yesterday, I wrote about how Tom Tancredo is working to wrap up the Dog Chapman vote. Today, we learn that Duncan Hunter is playing to the mercenary crowd. Raw Story covers the story where Blackwater wants to turn a chicken farm into a mercenary trai...
