Iraq
Farewell to W
By Jeff Hackman January 19, 2009 Today is the last full day of the George W. Bush administration. Even though there is still about 24 hours left, it is time to add up the damage. The myth of redemptive violence has had a field day with Bush. The tragic loss of 3000 Americans on 911 [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )The Smoking Forgery
OK, now we have admissions from government officials on the record that W had false documents created in an attempt to convince us of a link between 911 and Iraq. They were LIES. The video appeared on August 5, MSNBC’s Keith Olbermann interviewing Ron Suskind regarding his book. A few days later, The American Conservative– [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )$650,000,000,000
As of late summer 2008, Congress has approved spending about $650 billion on the Iraq War. About $3 billion more is being added to that total each week. How much money is $650,000,000,000? How much is even one billion? How long does it take for a billion seconds to pass? There are 86,400 seconds in [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 2 so far )2000 Days of Hell
By my calculation, September 10th will be the 2000th day of the US occupation of Iraq. About 1 million Iraqis killed. (This is twice the number Saddam snuffed out during his reign of terror.) Several million have become refugees. Untold number injured both physically and spiritually. About $650 Billion squandered, and still counting. Over 4,100 [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )A Must-See Film
Moyers’ Journal interviewed the filmmakers of Body of War this week. It tells the extraordinary (though not unique) story of Tomas Young, US soldier wounded in Iraq. Hopefully this film gets into lots of theaters. Even if it doesn’t, here are two ways to get at least part of a moving story. Here is the [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Important Program on Veterans on Friday
I encourage everyone to watch Moyers’ Journal on your local PBS station on Friday evening. Even though I oppose the war, I support the young women and men who are caught up in it. They need all the support they can get. http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/index-flash.html
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 2 so far )Iraq War diary sample
May 23: 19 Iraqis killed today. Two US soldiers killed today. OIL up to $132. May 23: Iran‘s chief prosecutor said bombers who caused a deadly blast at a mosque in Shiraz had confessed of links to Israel and the United States, May 23: The U.S. Senate approved an additional 165 billion dollars [...]
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