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Also remember that the worst depredations of the first Bush Administration, the Reagan Administration and the Nixon Administration were all carried out with strong Democratic majorities in Congress (except for a brief period of Republican Senate control in the Reagan … Continue reading →

The Way Out Of WarBy George S. McGovern and William R. Polk 10/28/06 “Harpers” — — Staying in Iraq not an option. Many Americans who were among the most eager to invade Iraq now urge that we find a way … Continue reading →

New Rule: Now that we’ve sent “stay the course” down the memory hole, where Big Brother erases things, we’ve also got to retire: “The world is safer with Saddam Hussein out of power.” “Don’t you want America to win?” and … Continue reading →

Iraq: ‘The Greatest Strategic Disaster in American History’By Patrick Cockburn, AlterNet. Posted October 31, 2006. The following is an excerpt from Patrick Cockburn’s new book, The Occupation: War and Resistance in Iraq (Verso, 2006). [snip] The US failure in Iraq … Continue reading →

The subtitle says: Baghdad: Zawra satellite channel has stopped broadcasting by order of the government. h/t Today In Iraq

BIPARTISANSHIPI’ll hug your elephantif you’ll kiss my ass

Rev. Ted Haggard Begins Spiritual ‘Restoration’By DAN ELLIOTT, AP DENVER (Nov. 9) – There will be prayer, and perhaps the laying on of hands. There will be counseling and a confession. And there will be advice, confrontation and rebuke from … Continue reading →

France Test-Fires Long-Range Nuclear MissileReuters BISCARROSSE, France (Nov. 9) – France test-fired a new generation of intercontinental ballistic missiles for the first time on Thursday and said the launch was a success. The M51 missile — which is designed to … Continue reading →

IS GEORGE W. BUSH CLINICALLY INSANE?By Bill Gallagher DETROIT — His shrill voice pains sensitive ears. In the red states of the South and West, he ramps up his Texas twang as he brags on his war and hurls insults … Continue reading →

Nov 8 (Reuters) – Here are five facts about Robert Gates, 63, who was named on Wednesday by President George W. Bush to replace Donald Rumsfeld as U.S. secretary of defense. * Served as director of the Central Intelligence Agency … Continue reading →

‘Failed’ American envoy to leave IraqBy Patrick Cockburn in Arbil, northern IraqPublished: 07 November 2006 Zalmay Khalilzad, the US envoy in Baghdad who tried to conciliate the Sunni people, is to leave his post in the next few months said … Continue reading →

Cost of Taking Fuel to Iraq Is Questioned in New AuditBy JAMES GLANZ A Halliburton subsidiary charged the Iraqi government as much as $25,000 per month for each of as many as 1,800 fuel trucks that were to deliver gasoline … Continue reading →