You never expected to see that headline here, right? Well, I mean it literally, with no riders or secret motives. Putting aside the people who give the orders, the arguments for or against wars, and the numbers, let’s think about the actual men and women who asked what they could do for their country, then [...]
Posted by Chris in Government, Iraq, News on May 6th, 2008 | No Comments »
I’ve been too busy with life to mention the anniversary of the invasion, but I couldn’t let pass the 4,000th soldier to fall.
It’s been two years since my last numbers update, so here are the current tallies:
Weapons of Mass Destruction found before invasion: 0
Weapons of Mass Destruction declared by US before invasion: LOTS
US Cost in [...]
Posted by Chris in Iraq on March 24th, 2008 | 1 Comment »
This just in from some crazy left-wing blogger making up stories:
In a stunning reversal of Bush administration conventional wisdom, a new assessment by U.S. intelligence agencies concludes Iran shelved it’s nuclear weapons program over four years ago.
“We judge with high confidence that in fall 2003, Tehran halted its nuclear weapons program,” reads a declassified version [...]
Posted by Chris in Iraq, News, Oddly Enough, World on December 3rd, 2007 | No Comments »
Should we believe TV pundits when they call any veteran that opposes war in Iraq ‘phony’? Rather than hearing my own (probably rude) answer, be sure to read the compelling response given by Army of Dude, an Army veteran with an up-close view of things. He makes pretty plain just who the phony is.
Posted by Chris in Iraq on October 1st, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Just to sum up what the Internets are saying today:
Years since the Mission was supposedly Accomplished: 4
Signatures needed to get us out of Iraq: 1
Posted by Chris in Iraq, News on May 1st, 2007 | No Comments »
The Doonesbury site has a often-funny “Say What?” snippet off in a corner. I had to share today’s:
“For the majority leader of the United States Senate, in the time of war, with soldiers dying on the ground, announcing that we have lost the war, is very close to treasonous. I looked it up while we [...]
Posted by Chris in Government, Iraq, You have got to be kidding on April 26th, 2007 | No Comments »
Oh, you have got to be kidding me:
A U.S. military brigade is constructing a 3-mile-long concrete wall to cut off one of the capital’s most restive Sunni Arab districts from the Shiite Muslim neighborhoods that surround it, raising concern about the further Balkanization of Iraq’s most populous and violent city.
U.S. commanders in northern Baghdad said [...]
Posted by Chris in Iraq, Security Theater, You have got to be kidding on April 20th, 2007 | No Comments »
Think Progress paints a slightly different picture than John McCain would like:
Sen. John McCain strolled briefly through an open-air market in Baghdad today in an effort to prove that Americans are “not getting the full picture” of what’s going on in Iraq.
NBC’s Nightly News provided further details about McCain’s one-hour guided tour. He was accompanied [...]
Posted by Chris in Iraq, You have got to be kidding on April 2nd, 2007 | No Comments »
British backtrack on Iraq death toll, from the Independent Online:
British government officials have backed the methods used by scientists who concluded that more than 600,000 Iraqis have been killed since the invasion, the BBC reported yesterday.
The Government publicly rejected the findings, published in The Lancet in October. But the BBC said documents obtained under freedom [...]
Posted by Chris in Government, Iraq, Medicine, Science on March 27th, 2007 | No Comments »
I’m too lame wiped out to post anything today, but Ame sent along a compelling plea:
Today is the fourth anniversary of the Iraq war. There are vigils tonight and, yes maybe they don’t make much difference, but maybe they do. I chose to believe they do. Plus, it gives you a chance to be around [...]
Posted by Chris in Community & Activism, Iraq on March 19th, 2007 | No Comments »
