Category: Iraq
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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 ‘Operation New Dawn.’
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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. *Afghanistan. Call it Obama’s war all you want, but the only thing he’s done differently in nine months (compared to the seven years the previous […]
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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, in a bid to boost his standing with the deeply religious president but one that risked sparking a conflagration in the Muslim world if the […]
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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
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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 on counterinsurgency” in the first year of the war. … Mr. Wolfowitz said no one in the Bush administration anticipated that Saddam would order his […]
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