December 9, 2008
The appointment of retired general Eric Shinseki to head Veterans Affairs has drawn positive reactions from many fronts. Most notably, it has drawn praise from numerous veterans associations, including Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America, Vietnam Veterans of America and Veterans for Common Sens...
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UPDATEDIt seems the war in Iraq has left 0.1% of the US population with brain damage. This report in the LA Times is simply staggering:A recent Rand Corp. report . . . estimated that 19% of the troops returning from Iraq and Afghanistan, or more than 300,000 people, have come back with traumatic bra...
go to article »December 4, 2008
Inside Iraq, a blog maintained by Iraqi journalists, provides us with live reactions to what Iraqis said when they read about the Parliament passing a pact which will end the presence of US troops in their country. ...
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Raed in the Middle, from Iraq, provides us with a ‘rough' translation of an agreement between Iraq and US on the withdrawal of US troops from Iraq. ...
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In the latest in a long series of “sky is falling” reports about trends in terrorism, a Congressional task force has proclaimed that an attack using biological or nuclear weapons is likely by the end of 2013. Of course, the threat is real in the abstract. Groups like al-Qaeda have ma...
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Watched Part 3 The Howard Years: Commander-in-Chief last night. Decided that my post yesterday should have been called: Luck, Lies and Latham.Tony Blair and George W. Bush were his political referees for the Iraq war. Funny how the three of them are still sure that they were right about WMDs and Sad...
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So! These days, Moktada Al Sadr’s not quite as mighty as the mainstream media once thought he was. Back in the day, Mookie was Iraq’s “kingmaker,” a veritable “power broker.” Some of DC’s talking heads predicted that by now, he’d have the country in his pocket. Of course, some actual...
go to article »December 3, 2008
As President Bush prepares to leave office, he's reflecting on what went wrong and according to him immigration and the war in Iraq went wrong. Well kind of sort of. Bush said that one of his biggest disappointments was the failure to pass a comprehensive bill on immigration reform. "I firmly bel...
go to article »November 29, 2008
A definition of a derogatory Russian word for “Americans” - at Eternal Remont; a usage context example - at Russian Navy Blog. ...
go to article »November 26, 2008
While many families in the U.S. are stocking their kitchens for the perverse Thanksgiving holiday, families in Vieques, Puerto Rico are still dealing with the aftermath of years of U.S. military training on their land and through their food. A new study has found dangerous levels of toxic metals i...
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