Yearly Archives: 2007

Who’s Counting: The Cost of the Iraq War: Can You Say $1,000,000,000,000?John Allen Paulos Feb. 4, 2007 — The price tag for the Iraq War is now estimated at $700 billion in direct costs and perhaps twice that much when … Continue reading →

Or perhaps what’s going on here is that the MSM is being manipulated by these experts in deceit, and an article such as this helps to cover them for the inevitable and anticipated failure. We can just hear it: “Well, … Continue reading →

As we’ve said previously, it’s amazing what can be found on YouTube. This is not a top-notch recording, but it’s not a common one. She sure has a great voice. Here’s the YT description: Norah Jones joins Ryan Adams & … Continue reading →

Iran: A War Is ComingJohn PilgerLew Rockwell.comSaturday, February 3, 2007 The United States is planning what will be a catastrophic attack on Iran. For the Bush cabal, the attack will be a way of “buying time” for its disaster in … Continue reading →

And if you’ve read State of Denial, Bob Woodward’s effort concerning the BushCo Iraq fiasco, you’ll know how understated the Japanese foreign minister’s words really are. Japan FM calls U.S. Iraq policy immature: mediaReutersSunday, February 4, 2007; 1:04 AM TOKYO … Continue reading →

Soldiers in Iraq view troop surge as a lost causeBy Tom LasseterMcClatchy Newspapers BAGHDAD, Iraq – Army 1st Lt. Antonio Hardy took a slow look around the east Baghdad neighborhood that he and his men were patrolling. He grimaced at … Continue reading →

From our Friend at How Many Miles from Babylon Going Digital There are other things to say about the escape from Babylon, but first I have wanted to illustrate a point of the last post with something I heard recently. … Continue reading →

We don’t understand how the UN official can say that “the use of mercenaries … has caught the US by surprise.” Perhaps the US public is surprised, but there is no doubt that no member of BushCo is the least … Continue reading →

Iraq Escalation Could Be Twice As Large As Bush Claimed A study released today by the Congressional Budget Office shows that the real troop increase associated with President Bush’s escalation policy could be as high as 48,000, more than double … Continue reading →

Castro’s LegacyBy Wayne S. SmithFeb 2, 2007, 12:20 Wayne S. Smith is now a Senior Fellow at the Center for International Policy in Washington, D.C. and an Adjunct Professor at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore. He was Chief of the … Continue reading →

Cheney’s Fingerprint?By Dan FroomkinSpecial to washingtonpost.comFriday, February 2, 2007; 12:58 PM The revelation yesterday that Scooter Libby acknowledged in November 2003 that he and Vice President Cheney may have talked in July about whether to tell reporters that Valerie Plame … Continue reading →