Category Archives: Iraq attack

I didn’t watch “60 Minutes” last night. Just wasn’t feeling up to it. Of course, it’s not exactly a grand revelation to me that Team Bush had a severe cranial-anal inversion regarding Iraq and al Qaeda, and it’s not exactly … Continue reading → Continue reading →

The latest poll of Texans shows declining support for the invasion of Iraq and not a small amount of cognitive dissonance. In what analysts called the most striking finding, 58 percent disapproved of the way the war is going for … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Diana Moon suggests an interesting question for President Bush regarding his National Guard service: “Mister President, can you give us the names of three National Guard Service colleagues who served with you between May 1972 and October 1973?” Via Seeing … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Where the doctrine of preemption based on “grave and gathering danger” came from, according to Thadeus and Weez. Continue reading →

Whatever one may think of the invasion of Iraq, I believe we can all unite behind August’s suggestion of what to do with Saddam Hussein. We can now find out if Saddam has seen the South Park movie. And, if … Continue reading → Continue reading →

So Saddam Hussein has been captured. That’s great news, probably the best news out of Iraq since he was first toppled. I hope this will help pacify things over there, though I have my doubts. Kevin Drum sums it up … Continue reading → Continue reading →

War profiteering? Whod’a thunk it? Houston-based Halliburton Co. may have overbilled taxpayers by as much as $61 million for trucking gasoline into Iraq, Pentagon auditors said Thursday. The Pentagon’s Defense Contract Audit Agency said Halliburton also may have tried to … Continue reading → Continue reading →

First, Atrios spots the mystery. Bush made a 20-minute speech to a crowd of about 500 party faithful in the main ballroom of the Hanover Marriott at a $2,000-a-plate evening fund-raiser. Not breaking any ground, Bush highlighted the accomplishments of … Continue reading → Continue reading →

From the AP wire: SAN ANTONIO — A number of Texas families with husbands, sons and other relatives serving in Iraq gathered in a drizzle Saturday morning here to voice their opposition to how the U.S.-led war is being handled. … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Ezra attempts to answer a question that President Bush recently posed: Who can possibly think that the world would be better off with Saddam Hussein still in power? The problem here is that this is the wrong question to be … Continue reading → Continue reading →

The top story in today’s Chron is this interview with Philip Carroll, the senior American oil official in Iraq. It’s pretty upbeat, as you would expect from a man in his position, but it demonstrates that we have only just … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Andrew Northrup sums up some conservative reaction to the Plame Affair. Standard beverage warning applies. Continue reading →

I second everything Calpundit says about the amazing revelation that the Valerie Plame story is true. At CIA Director George J. Tenet’s request, the Justice Department is looking into an allegation that administration officials leaked the name of an undercover … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Kevin Raybould notes the latest ravings from the best and brightest at the National Review and takes it to its logical conclusion. I now see that the mess in Iraq is not the Administration’s fault. No, the fact they involved … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Natasha attended a public forum in Washington held by Congressman Jay Inslee that focused on what intelligence the US had on Iraq’s alleged WMDs and what we did with it. She took some great notes on what was said. (There … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Today’s op-ed pages contain this piece by a recently retired Air Force Lieutenant Colonel who spent the last three years in the Office of the Secretary of Defense’s Under Secretariat for Policy. She started out as a Bush fan, but … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Haven’t seen this on any of the usual Saddam-coddling lefty sites, so I figured I’d air it here. Want to know how far off the rails things have slid at the Pentagon? Recently, the Army wanted to tally up how … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Great. Just great. President Bush last week said the rest of the world should join the United States in declaring that it “will not tolerate” nuclear weapons in Iran — a vow that most Americans appear willing to back with … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Since everyone and their sock puppets have already linked to this story about Rand Beers and Team Bush’s feckless attitude towards terrorism, I’ll just take the lazy way out and quote Ted: I’m going to go out on a limb … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Jim Henley works up a pretty heavy froth over the current state of affairs in Iraq. Go read it and see if you get as angry as he does. Here’s an idle question to chew on, by the way. Team … Continue reading → Continue reading →

I don’t want to be the last blogger on the planet to link to Billmon’s collection of quotes from Team Bush about why we invaded Iraq. You shouldn’t be the last blog reader to see what he’s got. Once you’ve … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Wow. US Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs Elizabeth Jones was asked to comment on [Newt] Gingrich’s recent harsh criticism of her department’s Middle East diplomacy. “Newt Gingrich does not speak in the name of the Pentagon and what … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Once again, Ginger is on top of developments in the story of US Army Chaplain Josh Llano, who reportedly traded water for baptisms. After receiving numerous complaints about Llano’s reported activities, the Army investigated, and yesterday they cleared Llano of … Continue reading → Continue reading →

We all know how some Republicans have reacted to criticism of President Bush during the Iraq invasion. Here for your convenience is what various Republicans said about President Clinton during the Kosovo bombing. Just something to keep in mind. Thanks … Continue reading → Continue reading →

NBC is set to make a movie out of the ordeal of rescued American POW Pfc. Jessica Lynch, even though her family has not sold her story to them. “Like the rest of America, we shared in the collective thrill … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Just about everyone has blogged about this story, which features an Army chaplain who controls a 500-gallon supply of water and will let dirty soldiers take a bath only if he baptizes them first. Not surprisingly, it’s generated a huge … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Dwight Meredith provides a wish-I’d-said-that moment: If we think that the Iraqi people can distinguish our efforts against Saddam from ill will towards the people of Iraq while the bombs are dropping the bullets flying, why do we think that … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Go check out this transcript of what Daniel Ellsberg had to say to Aaron “Tracks Of My Tears” Brown recently. You tell him, Daniel! Link via Blah3. Continue reading →

Just wanted to pop up for a second from my secure undisclosed location to note the following quote from Zbigniew Brzezinski from this interview in In The National Interest: While at this stage it is too early to make any … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Like many other media outlets, the Houston Chronicle has discovered Salam Pax, the man behind the Where is Raed? weblog. Not unexpectedly, they expressed doubts about his authenticity: While stories like those by Salam Pax may seem intriguing, Aly Colón, … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Sean-Paul gets written up in the NYT. Way to go, dude! Continue reading →

This story in the Financial Times asks the question “what are we to do with Saddam if we catch him alive?” The US government’s decision will tell us whether any wisdom has been gleaned from the army’s experience more than … Continue reading → Continue reading →

If you happen to see pictures of Iraqis giving US troops and/or camerapeople the “thumbs up” sign, you should know what that means in this context: Thumbs up, meaning “everything is great” or “I’m Okay” to the West can be … Continue reading → Continue reading →

I don’t often link to specific items on Ted Barlow’s blog because I figure anyone who is anyone is already reading him (as well they should be). That said, I commend you to go read this piece on civil discourse. … Continue reading → Continue reading →