Tag: war
member name: Sean Paul Kelley
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July 14, 2006 05:23 PM EDT --
©This article copyright Sean-Paul Kelley
Since the war started we've been repeatedly told that we're building Iraqi schools, healthcare centers, and my personal favorite: turning the electricity . . .
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May 16, 2007 01:17 PM EDT --
I had just assumed that upon the death of the last WWI combat veteran there would have been some mention of him in the major media, after all World War One was our official coming out party as a great . . .
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January 12, 2009 10:51 PM EST --
Memo to President-Elect Obama:
"Now it is folly to go against men who could not be kept under even if conquered, while failure would leave us in a very different position from that which . . .
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December 19, 2006 04:59 PM EST --
Many people have asked me, in the wake of my recent trip to Iran, “do last week’s elections really matter?” Today, as the results pour in, they’ve begun asking “how are the . . .
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January 18, 2009 08:51 AM EST --
Hey, Israel, how does it feel to lose two wars in a row now? Especially the PR war.
Getting a clue yet?
Maybe that clue is this: you can't keep a people locked up in what is, in essence . . .
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June 13, 2006 01:50 PM EDT --
The day before yesterday and a few days before that I made allusions to and wrote about Dr. Brydon and what happened during the First Afghan War. In late 2001 I was pretty darn convinced that what is happening . . .
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October 06, 2006 01:00 AM EDT --
You can watch the videos here and here.
Here's the transcript:
Yesterday at a fundraiser for an Arizona Congressman, Mr. Bush claimed, quote, "177 of the opposition party said 'You know, . . .
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November 06, 2008 05:25 AM EST --
I've been giving a lot of thought lately to the Georgian war earlier this year and what it means for Russia's future as a great power. Now, it's undeniable that Russia has a massive nuclear . . .
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April 15, 2009 04:37 AM EDT --
If life is like a candle bright/Then death must be the wind
You know you can close your window tight/And it still comes blowing in
So I will climb the highest hill/And I'll watch the rising . . .
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July 05, 2006 10:49 PM EDT --
This post comes from a comment made in this post. It is about why we cannot discuss Israel in this country like mature adults:
If they want to discuss the role of AIPAC on American foreign policy, well, . . .
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August 23, 2008 01:54 AM EDT --
I'm inclined to extend this analogy a little further when it comes to the US versus the Russians in strategic terms: it's more like chess players versus checkers players. But still, this graf . . .
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February 03, 2007 07:06 PM EST --
. . . by anyone or any politician on Iran is contained in this one simple headline from today's Los Angeles Times:
U.S. can't prove Iran link to Iraq strife
Same goes for the nuke program. . . .
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December 31, 2006 03:16 PM EST --
Grim milestone indeed. 3,000 American mothers will never see their sons or daughters because George W. Bush had to prove he was a better man than his daddy. 3,000 American fathers will never see their . . .
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June 30, 2006 04:31 PM EDT --
I'm appalled at what the Israelis are doing to the Palestinians right now. What is happening right now is out of all proportion to anything the Palestinians did or possibly were planning to do. I watched . . .
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August 30, 2006 07:00 PM EDT --
For a nation at war the Israelis sure seem to criticize their leaders alot.
Aren't they supposed to just shut-up and do what Olmert says, like we're supposed to do here? Wasn't that what . . .
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December 11, 2006 03:09 PM EST --
Did you know that Gen. Tommy Franks is raising money for the 'Tommy Franks Leadership Institute and Museum?'
Seriously. I'm not kidding.
As Bill Arkin says, "That retired Army General . . .
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December 14, 2006 06:24 PM EST --
Steve Clemon's has a whopper of a story today:
While reports of how far Bandar has gone in supporting Cheney's desire for military action vary, insiders report that Bandar has "essentially . . .
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December 21, 2006 12:52 AM EST --
Billmon worries that the surge option or escalation, as they called it during Vietnam, might lead to massive butchery. President Bush doesn't have that kind of courage: remember Fallujah, the first . . .
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January 26, 2007 08:14 PM EST --
TPM has this post and this post on the 'Decision Maker.'
Who knew he was taking grammar lessons? And this post at Corrente is a gem.
Meanwhile, here and here are the news articles on Bush's . . .
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April 04, 2007 05:25 PM EDT --
The AP is reporting that the United States is questioning 'Global War On Terror' suspects in a new country, one where concern for human rights is much less stringent than in Europe. Anthony Mitchell . . .
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