http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080407/ap_on_el_pr/campaign_rdp_2;_ylt=ApQVRalGhPXw7I8juzmbRM0E1vAI Disregarding a serious flare-up of violence, Republican presidential candidate John McCain says the United States is “no longer staring into the abyss of defeat” in Iraq, opening a campaign week that will draw him and his Democratic opponents back to Washington to question commanding Gen. David Petraeus about the conduct of the unpopular war. […]
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080318/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_lynndie_england_3;_ylt=Ak54a6NUGSAtnE.kg6.seuAE1vAI Lynndie England, the scapegoat (yet rightfully vilified) for the Abu Ghraib scandal, speaks out. And the result is just as trashy and missing-the-point as you’d expect of someone who put a leash on a prisoner and took photos of it: “Yeah, I took the photos but I didn’t make it worldwide. Yes, I was […]
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080229/wl_nm/palestinians_israel_dc_14;_ylt=AhffXMGvX6aMyW9cV0w_oQIE1vAI A senior Israeli defense official said on Friday that Palestinians firing rockets from the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip would bring upon themselves what he termed a “shoah,” the Hebrew word for holocaust or disaster. Israel continues to reinforce its image as a big, cloddish bully, this time by invoking its own history of horror and […]
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080123/wl_nm/palestinians_egypt_blast_dc_7 Congratulations, Israel, on granting Hosni Mubarak a stage on which to present himself as a humanitarian and supporter of peace: Palestinians in the Gaza Strip demolished part of the “security” fence on the Egyptian border, and flooded in to buy necessaries that the Israeli government are denying them – by denying electricity and trade […]
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Also tagged jerks, medieval-mindsets, Middle East, muddle-east
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Abraham Lincoln – Wikiquote
http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Abraham_Lincoln Dear George W. Bush, It is now for them to demonstrate to the world that those who can fairly carry an election can also suppress a rebellion; that ballots are the rightful and peaceful successors of bullets; and that when ballots have fairly and constitutionally decided, there can be no successful appeal back to […]
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070819/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/us_iraq_out_of_troops_2;_ylt=AnnSPrbHjO8H_1mM4RhEY9kE1vAI When asked what units will fill the void in the coming spring if any need to be replaced, officials give a grim shake of the head, shrug of the shoulders or a palms-up, empty-handed gesture. “The demand for our forces exceeds the sustainable supply,” the Army chief of staff, Gen. George Casey, said last […]
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070404/ap_on_go_pr_wh/bush_20 President Bush denounced “irresponsible” Democrats on Tuesday for going on spring break without approving money for the Iraq war with no strings. Poor George – prepositions always trip him up. Irresponsible is going on spring break after approving money for the Iraq war with no strings, not without. And I’m not sure I want […]
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070329/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/fired_prosecutors_270 Eight federal prosecutors were fired last year because they did not sufficiently support President Bush’s priorities, Attorney General Alberto Gonzales’ former chief of staff says in remarks prepared for delivery to Congress on Thursday. Separately, the Justice Department admitted Wednesday it gave senators inaccurate information about the firings and presidential political adviser Karl Rove’s […]
Killing of Briton by U.S. Pilot Was ‘Criminal,’ Coroner Rules – New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/17/world/europe/17britain.html There is a Stumble currently making the rounds of WWII posters created by the US Army, which identify the headgear and uniforms of the Allied forces with the message, “This man is your FRIEND.” Apparently friendly fire deaths at the hands of American soldiers are a longstanding tradition. Since the invasions of Afghanistan and […]