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Another Lesson in Winning the Hearts and Minds

These soldiers must’ve been schooled where Charles Granner, Lindy England, and their compatriots were.

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Kick His Ass Up and Down the Street

Crush, Kill, DestroyScrew bipartisanship; it’s time for revenge.Allan Uthman You see it in the movies all the time. The hero, having vanquished his foe after a long and arduous struggle, rescues him from a certain death—usually the villain hangs from … Continue reading

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Unsavoury One-Up-Manship

This is what happens when it isn’t good enough just to be a simple war profiteer – one becomes a torture profiteer. As my daughter Rachel used to say as a young teenager, “Barf me right out the door.” CACI: … Continue reading

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DoD* Day

Another of those ridiculous statements which we can fondly recall. “Stuff happens” in democracies. Yeh, Don, stuff happens in fascist states, too. Army rebuffs Rumsfeld doctrineManual: Troop levels must ensure stabilityBy Julian E. BarnesTribune Newspapers: Los Angeles TimesPublished November 20, … Continue reading

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The Microsoft Solution to Iraq

Please excuse us if we’re exceedingly cynical. Flaws Cited in Effort To Train Iraqi ForcesU.S. Officers Roundly Criticize ProgramBy Thomas E. RicksWashington Post Staff WriterTuesday, November 21, 2006; A01 The U.S. military’s effort to train Iraqi forces has been rife … Continue reading

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Waterfront Mallards on Wildlife Wednesday

This was right in downtown Port Angeles near the Coho ferry terminal. Generally, there is a good deal of foot traffic there, but this pair didn’t seem to mind. They only looked when we stopped to admire and photograph them, … Continue reading

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Bigger Than Texas

Category: We’ll believe it when we see it. Military Documents Hold Tips on Antiwar ActivitiesBy ERIC LICHTBLAU and MARK MAZZETTIPublished: November 21, 2006 WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 — An antiterrorist database used by the Defense Department in an effort to prevent … Continue reading

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YIKES !!!!

Bush: I would understand if Israel decided to bomb Iran Haaretz reported yesterday (Monday November 20) that Bush told French president Chirac in a recent conversation that his administration “would understand” if Israel decided to launch an attack on Iran. … Continue reading

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That Painful, Inevitable Moral Question

Trapped in Lies and Delusionsby Jacob G. Hornberger [snip] Hanging over the Iraq debacle, however, is that one overriding moral issue that unfortunately all too many Americans have yet to confront: neither the Iraqi people nor their government ever attacked … Continue reading

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Kucinich On Iraq

Now we just need all his Democrat buddies to agree, and we might get somewhere. Rep. Dennis Kucinich: Cut Off Iraq War FundingPosted on Nov 16, 2006By Joshua Scheer In an interview with Truthdig contributor Joshua Scheer,* Rep. Dennis Kucinich … Continue reading

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Our Shame As Americans

We let the Bush administration do this in our name. We did not lift a finger to stop them. Now we can live in this nest we’ve built. Report: Gitmo Detainees Denied WitnessesBy BEN FOX, Associated Press Writer4:40 PM PST, … Continue reading

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Depending On Arms to Drive an Economy – Sick

United States Rides Weapons Bonanza Waveby Frida Berrigan War, instability, and high oil prices have created a perfect storm of profit for the world’s weapons manufacturers. This year, military analysts predict the biggest arms bonanza since 1993 … which is … Continue reading

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