It doesn’t look good for Bush, and seems to support Clinton’s assertions. Watch it for yourself.
Tag Archives: iraq
Even Spy vs. Spy knows it’s true
24 SepIraq War Hurting U.S. Terror Fight, Creating More Terrorists
Spy Agencies Say Iraq War Hurting U.S. Terror Fight
By Karen DeYoung
Excerpt
But the horrible liberal media wants to make him look bad, don’t they?
24 AugCBS, NBC Clean Up Bush’s ‘Happy’ Talk
During his August 21 press conference, George W. Bush responded to a question about the Iraq War by saying that “sometimes I’m happy” about the conflict. But many readers and TV viewers never heard the remark, since journalists edited the statement to save Bush any possible embarrassment.
Bush’s unedited comment was as follows:
Q: But are you frustrated, sir?
BUSH: Frustrated? Sometimes I’m frustrated. Rarely surprised. Sometimes I’m happy. [highlighting is mine] This is — but war is not a time of joy. These aren’t joyous times. These are challenging times, and they’re difficult times, and they’re straining the psyche of our country. I understand that.
Priorities
28 JulWhat could we have done with the money spent to date on the Iraq war? Have you ever wondered? Well, here’s where you can see a counter telling you the cost of the war as it increments.
Then you can click a few links, and find out how many public school teachers could have been hired, how many children could have been provided full heath insurance, how many college scholarships could have been provided, and more.
Never mind that the war in question is as morally wrong as the invasion of Kuwait by Iraq, or Lebanon by Israel. That’s not the point I’m making here. Even if you believe the war was justified, you should still think about the priorities. America has limited resources, and we are burning them in Iraq at an amazing rate.
What would you do with $300 billion? Would you invade and occupy another nation, or would you see our nation have health care for its citizens? Just another thing to ponder.
National Priorities, indeed.
The Nation on the impending court martial of First Lieut. Ehren Watada
7 JulWatada, the War and the Law
Jeremy Brecher & Brendan Smith in The Nation (web only)
On July 5 the US Army brought charges against First Lieut. Ehren Watada, an infantry officer stationed at Fort Lewis, Washington, who has refused to deploy to Iraq with his unit because he believes the war there is illegal. Watada faces up to eight years in jail and a dishonorable discharge. But in trying the 28-year-old officer, the Army is really putting itself, the Iraq War and the Bush Administration on trial.
Operation Swarmer
19 MarTime Magazine – On Scene: How Operation Swarmer Fizzled
Not a shot was fired, or a leader nabbed, in a major offensive that failed to live up to its advance billing
An Aging Trans Woman 