Aug 12 2008
Original article by Ed Kinane via dissidentvoice.org.
Our Congressional Representative James Walsh (R-NY) recently “lashed out at Iraq.” Walsh, now in his tenth term, said Iraq should use its oil windfall sales to repay some of the $48 billion the United States has spent “rebuilding” there.
Now, my representative is Dan Burton (shudder), so my guess is that he’ll be foresquare for this abomination.
Jul 26 2008
July 21, 2008, 8 min 46 sec: Iraq events moving out of US control
Sabah al-Nasseri: Washington cannot dictate politics in Iraq
Sabah al-Nasseri: “They are instrumentalizing the internal resistance within the Iraqi Parliament, within the Iraqi societies, against the United States, against the presence of US troops in Iraq, and so on, to actually negotiate new deals concerning securities agreement, oil agreement, etcetera, by saying, “Look, we cannot signs all of these kind of agreements. Otherwise we’ll commit political suicide.”
Born in Basra, Iraq, Sabah al-Nasseri is Professor of Political Science (Middle East Politics) at York University, Toronto. Prior to that he was a Lecturer of Political Science at the J.W. Goethe University, Frankfurt. Currently he is working on an article, “Understanding Iraq.”
Jul 22 2008
By Anthony Arnove via socialistworker.org: Decoding Obama on Iraq
Jul 22 2008
McGovern: “The game is over with Iraq and so the question is how does this strategic change affect the real players in the area. The Israeli right wants a confrontation with Iran to keep US forces in the region. The US military leadership is against a “third front” but has to contend with Cheney.
Raymond McGovern is a retired CIA officer. McGovern was a Federal employee under seven US presidents for over 27 years, presenting the morning intelligence briefings at the White House for many of them. McGovern was born and raised in Bronx, graduated summa cum laude from Fordham University, received an M.A. in Russian Studies from Fordham, a certificate in Theological Studies from Georgetown University, and graduated from Harvard Business School’s Advanced Management Program.
Jun 11 2008
Today, John McCain said that it was not too important when American troops came home fron Iraq.
“No, but that’s not too important. What’s important is the casualties in Iraq.”
On a conference call set up by the Obama campaign, John Kerry responded:
For military families, Kerry said: “To them it’s the most important thing in the world when they come home.”
More on the response, after the fold.
Also on Daily Kos: http://www.dailykos.com/story/…
May 28 2008
By now, we all know that former Press Secretary Scott McClellan is publishing a book and apparently telling some truth about George Bush and his minions. Karl Rove doesn’t like it:
“First of all, this doesn’t sound like Scott. It really doesn’t,” he said. “Not the Scott McClellan I’ve known for a long time. Second of all, it sounds like somebody else. It sounds like a left-wing blogger.“
White House Reacts Angrily to Former Aide’s Book
Also on Daily Kos: http://www.dailykos.com/storyo…
Apr 16 2008
‘As Iraqis Stand Up, We Will Stand Down,’ Bush Tells Nation
WASHINGTON, June 28, 2005 – On the one-year anniversary of the transfer of sovereignty in Iraq to a transitional Iraqi government, President Bush tonight promised that U.S. forces would remain in Iraq until the job is complete, “but not one day longer.”
“The principal task of our military is to find and defeat the terrorists,” he said. “And that is why we are on the offense. And as we pursue the terrorists, our military is helping to train Iraqi security forces so that they can defend their people and fight the enemy on their own. Our strategy can be summed up this way: As the Iraqis stand up, we will stand down.”
American Forces Press Service, June 28, 2005
They still are not standing up nearly three years later. The New York Times today reports that Iraqi soldiers abandoned their positions in Sadr City, “defying American soldiers who implored them to hold the line against Shiite militias.”
More after the fold
Also in orange: http://www.dailykos.com/story/…
Nov 20 2007
Sure, he’s not popular with our Great Orange Overlod. Good for Kos. No, really! He has set up a ‘progressive’ community, and we have the right to ignore his dissmissive ‘Ughs.’ Why should we ignore those ‘Ughs?’