Inane euphemism du jour
The departure of thousands of U.S. combat forces from Iraq ends the active combat phase of a war, begun seven-and-a-half years ago, and begins a new phase of operations dubbed [...]
Category Archives: Iraq
six years ago today …
We were introduced to the term “spider hole”:
have they forgotten?
Those yearning for a third term by Dick Cheney must be sadists or masochists. Or both. If Cheney had indeed been calling the shots, we’d be mired in THREE quagmires. [...]
sacrelicious
Significant ammo for those who think Bush, while in charge and ultimately responsible, was a useful dupe: [Donald Rumsfeld] gave President George Bush secret intelligence briefs headlined with biblical quotations, [...]
noted and quoted, no blood for flapjacks edition
“Let me tell you something: If I invade IHOP, pancakes are going to be cheaper in my house.” –Chris Rock, at Bonnaroo
bush administration (sorta) acknowledges incompetence, arrogance
Convenient, now that no one’s paying attention. Item One: Paul Wolfowitz, in his first public remarks on the Iraq war in years, said the American government was “pretty much clueless [...]
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Reading Between the Lines
