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Filed under: Afghanistan, France, Germany, In The News, International, Iraq, Military, Pakistan, Stuart O'Neill
Breaking News… NBC News reports that a U.S. soldier at Camp Liberty in Iraq “opened fire on fellow members of the military, killing four and wounding several others” before taking his own life.
The attacker was described as a “stressed out” U.S. soldier.
The military said in a statement that the shooting occurred about 2 p.m. at [...]
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Filed under: Breaking News, Bush Admin, Democrats, George W. Bush, In The News, Iraq, Military, Pamela Leavey, President Barack Obama, Republicans, War
Condoleezza Rice “would make a great middle school social studies teacher,” according to the late Don Askew, a retired Green Beret colonel and Middle East advisor to Presidents Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan.
“Incompetent” was about the kindest thing I ever heard him say about Rice and her boss over the mess they made in Iraq.
My [...]
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Filed under: Berry Craig, Bush Admin, George W. Bush, In The News, International, Iraq, Opinions, Politics, Republicans, War
[by Rosemary and Walter Brasch]
There have now been more than 4,000 deaths and 30,000 casualties of American military in the war in Iraq. More than 100,000 Iraqis and others, most of them civilian, have also been killed in what is now known to be an unnecessary war. But, we as a nation are not outraged.
We [...]
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Filed under: Constitution, Consumers, Economic News, Economic Stimulus, Economy, Environment, Foreign Policy, Housing, Iraq, Jobs, News Media, Recession, Wall Street
The Houston Chronicle reported on Wednesday that almost “six years after American troops were exposed to a toxic chemical at an Iraqi water treatment plant, two U.S. senators say the Army has yet to give a full accounting of a defense contractor’s apparent failure to protect troops from the chemical.”
Democratic Sens. Byron Dorgan of North Dakota [...]
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Filed under: Bush Admin, Democrats, In The News, Iraq, Military, Pamela Leavey, Political News, Politics, Republicans, Sen. Evan Bayh, Senate, Veterans Issues
CNN’s Christian Amanpour sat down with the Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani for a video interview. While the US is taking a stronger stand against the inaction of Pakistan, per US Defense Minister Gibbs, the Pakistani government is demanding an end to the drone attacks. Amanpour interviews the Prime Minister is an almost demanding [...]
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Filed under: Afghanistan, Congress, House of Reps, In The News, International, Iran, Iraq, Senate, Stuart O'Neill
The confirmation hearing for Hillary Clinton as Secretary of State is under way today.
The WaPo reports, “Kerry said he expects Clinton to face some tough questioning from committee members today, with one likely subject her husband’s business dealings, but said he expected the atmosphere to remain deferential and serious.”
The NY Times reports that John Kerry, [...]
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Filed under: Afghanistan, Bush Admin, Democrats, Foreign Policy, In The News, International, Iran, Iraq, Israel, John Kerry, Obama Administration, Pamela Leavey, Political News, Politics, Republicans, Sen. Hillary Clinton
The US military command has given the Iraq government an ultimatum. Either accept the status of forces agreement on the table, which much of the Iraq government finds unacceptable, or the US will cease all operations on January 1, 2009.
In addition to halting all military actions, U.S. forces would cease activities that support Iraq’s economy, [...]
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Filed under: Election '08, Foreign Policy, In The News, Iraq, John McCain '08, Stuart O'Neill
Barack Obama.
No surprise there, though the Post is hardly a bastion of liberalism and pro-Democratic sentiment, regardless of what the finger-pointing self-victimizers of the right may have to say about it.
It’s actually not a bad endorsement — well, actually, it’s quite good — with most of it focusing on Obama’s many positive qualities and policy [...]
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Filed under: Election '08, Endorsements, Iraq, John McCain '08, Michael Stickings, WaPo
Since the third and last, (thank god), debate I’ve essentially over-occupied myself with reading one of the most instructive and yet discouraging books I’ve ever read: State of Denial by Bob Woodward. While many of you may have pushed through this very detailed account of the actual execution of war planning and war execution, I’ve [...]
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Filed under: Afghanistan, Bush Admin, Election '08, Foreign Policy, George W. Bush, In The News, International, Iran, Iraq, Israel, John McCain '08, Stuart O'Neill
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