We as a society love to say how much we support our troops, but it is rare that policy makers actually step up to the plate and say “thank you, we are going to make your life a little bit easier because you have decided to protect our nation.” That is why I applaud Senator [...]
Archive for the ‘Iraq’ Category
Greeted as Liberators Indeed
The BBC reports: A surprise visit by US President George Bush to Iraq has been overshadowed by an incident in which two shoes were thrown at him during a news conference. An Iraqi jouralist was wrestled to the floor by security guards after he called Mr. Bush “a dog” and threw his footwear, just missing [...]
Side note to the Olbermann Post
Does anyone else get the feeling that Bush saying “I won’t golf during war” is similar to “let them eat cake?”
Keith Olbermann – True patriot
Once again, Keith Olbermann is showing the folly of the Bush administration. On Monday Olbermann presented this special comment that I feel is worth your time to watch/read: President Bush has resorted anew to the sleaziest fear-mongering and mass manipulation of an administration and public life dedicated to realizing the lowest of our expectations. And [...]
Iraq – March 19, 2008: Day 1,825 – 5 years, 0 months, 0 days
The Cost of the Iraq war as of March 19, 2008: 82,249 to 89,760 Iraqi Civilian lives (estimates vary). 29,395 American troops wounded in action. 4,297 American lives175 British lives33 Italian lives22 Polish lives18 Ukrainian lives13 Bulgarian lives11 Spanish lives7 Danish lives5 Salvadorian lives4 Slovakian lives3 Latvian lives3 Romanian lives2 Austrailan lives2 Dutch lives2 Estonian [...]
An Interesting Thought
Thankfully I stumbled upon an interesting Livejournal post today concerning “Fighting the war against radical Islam.” The poster writes: “McCain must present a strategy to defeat the threat of radical Islam” says Brent Bozell, in an op ed in today’s Washington Post, here: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/07/AR2008030702845.html?hpid=opinionsbox1, encapsulating ably the conservative viewpoint of this election, and of the [...]
Iraq – December 2, 2007: Day 1717 – 4 Years, 8 Months, 12 Days
The Cost of the Iraq war as of December 2, 2007: 77,758 to 84,708 Iraqi Civilian lives (estimates vary) 28,451 American troops wounded in action 3,881 American lives173 British lives33 Italian lives22 Polish lives18 Ukrainian lives13 Bulgarian lives11 Spanish lives7 Danish lives5 Salvadorian lives4 Slovakian lives3 Latvian lives3 Romanian lives2 Austrailan lives2 Dutch lives2 Estonian [...]
So He Admits it! Fox Does Not Report Because The News is Bad
Bill O’Reilly finally said what we always suspected…that Fox News does not report the news. Now I must admit that I am twisting words a little bit, I encourage you to read the full transcript here. However there are a few parts that have to be commented on. 1) I don’t do a lot of [...]