Or how I spend my six-month tour in Iraq. Even the 'Baghdad brains trust' of senior US militiary officers know they have just six months to get it half together or its on to Plan B. I wonder how many Americans must die or be wounded to show that this Administration didn't have a plan nor a clue, except get the oil.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,,2023865,00.html
Showing posts with label Iraq War. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Iraq War. Show all posts
Sunday, March 4, 2007
2008 ELECTION WILL NOT BE ABOUT IRAQ
Yes, you hear it from me here - the 2008 elections, nearly 20 months away, will not be about the war in Iraq or the Middle East. It will be about the economy and specifically the condition of the middle class. The issues will revolve around stagnate income and wages, health care coverage and costs, education, and retirement - particularly regarding the baby boomers. Nearly all the candidates have not real platform on these issues. And more tax cuts for the rich and corporations aren't going to cut it.
I AM TIRED OF HEARING . . .
THAT THE WHOLE WORLD WAS WRONG ABOUT IRAQ'S WMDs. Or so the right wing defenders continue to say as cover for their ignorant insistence and blind obedience. THE TRUTH IS . . . many of us could see that IT WAS ALL MADE UP. But did the right wing listen? No! They wanted this war, and demonized those of us who questioned and opposed it from the beginning. Now they want to stay because 'you can't leave it a mess'.
Or is it that the oil legislation is finally reaching a decision point. Once the legislation becomes law and oil contracts are let, look for the US military to begin to disengage.
That's my take.
Or is it that the oil legislation is finally reaching a decision point. Once the legislation becomes law and oil contracts are let, look for the US military to begin to disengage.
That's my take.
Saturday, February 17, 2007
VOTING REPUBLICAN CONDONES
HATE AND VIOLENCE!
Several recent events have lead me to this conclusion:
The Rep. Don Young (R-AK) misquote of Lincoln. Actually it wasn't a quote from Lincoln at all but the creation of a so called 'journalist' who thought it would be cute to attribute it to Lincoln. Lincoln was opposed to the Mexican-American war, the only parallel to the current Iraq war.
The Catholic League attack on the two bloggers hired by Presidential candidate John Edwards. The League has nothing to do with the Church, it's funded by right wing groups, and opposed the two women because they were feminists.
The Republican Party continuing support for the Iraq War and the likely soon to be Iran war. And their extreme triades during the Iraq war resolution debate in the U.S. House.
What do all of these have in common - the Republican party!
Several recent events have lead me to this conclusion:
The Rep. Don Young (R-AK) misquote of Lincoln. Actually it wasn't a quote from Lincoln at all but the creation of a so called 'journalist' who thought it would be cute to attribute it to Lincoln. Lincoln was opposed to the Mexican-American war, the only parallel to the current Iraq war.
The Catholic League attack on the two bloggers hired by Presidential candidate John Edwards. The League has nothing to do with the Church, it's funded by right wing groups, and opposed the two women because they were feminists.
The Republican Party continuing support for the Iraq War and the likely soon to be Iran war. And their extreme triades during the Iraq war resolution debate in the U.S. House.
What do all of these have in common - the Republican party!
Tuesday, February 13, 2007
HOUSE RESOLUTION
According to John Boehner (House Minority Leader) on Sunday's Meet The Press, he doesn't see many Republican (defections) members voting for the Democratic party's Iraq war resolution. In John's words . . . he kind of mumbled, "I don't look at the numbers" to Tim Russert's question.
Well let's see, there are presently 202 Republican members of the U.S. House. So a 10% defection would be 20 members. The media talking heads are saying 30, maybe 60, definitely 'dozens likely to join vote'. That's . . . well it's a whole lot!
What do you think? I'll publish the defection numbers after the voting, it will tell us who's afraid.
Meanwhile, John Boehner is either (a) a bad liar, (b) poor at math, (c) doesn't know his own members (d) doesn't talk to anyone except Bush.
Well let's see, there are presently 202 Republican members of the U.S. House. So a 10% defection would be 20 members. The media talking heads are saying 30, maybe 60, definitely 'dozens likely to join vote'. That's . . . well it's a whole lot!
What do you think? I'll publish the defection numbers after the voting, it will tell us who's afraid.
Meanwhile, John Boehner is either (a) a bad liar, (b) poor at math, (c) doesn't know his own members (d) doesn't talk to anyone except Bush.
Sunday, February 11, 2007
PUT A NAME TO THE NUMBERS
As of Sunday evening, February 11, 2007, the United States has lost 3123 of our fellow country people in the Iraq theater of war. In addition 23,417 Americans have been casualties.
Care to see their names?
http://icasualties.org/oif/US_NAMES.aspx
Care to see their names?
http://icasualties.org/oif/US_NAMES.aspx
Wednesday, February 7, 2007
363 TONS OF CASH
Yes probably like you I was surprised to hear that so much cash was just thrown in Iraq by the Provisional Authority. So this morning I was determined to get up and write a blog about this story only to find that others already have and there was no need to re-invent it. Attached are several good articles about this story. The first was written two years ago - when Congress should have been looking into it but the Republican majority did nothing.
http://www.thewe.cc/contents/more/archive2005/february/9_billion_missing.htm
This article provides a lot more detail into the whole story. Especially interesting are all the comments - particularly - 363 tons of cash requires 18 tractor trailers to move that much at one time.
http://http://www.dailykos.com/story/2007/2/6/205743/7035
And, finally here is an article from ALL SPIN ZONE Progressive Politics Writ Large
"How much does $4,000,000,000 (in $100 bills) weigh? About 363 tons. That’s the rough total of the booty that was transfered from the U.S. Federal Reserve in New York to Baghdad in 2003 and 2004. Think about that for a moment."
"My profession is (partly) logistics. A tractor trailer can legally carry about 45,000 pounds - for the sake of argument, we’ll call it 20 tons. Our government transfered the equivalent of 18 tractor trailer loads of $100 bills into a wild west war zone over a period of 6 months. No one has ever been able to account for the money, and let’s be clear that $4 billion is just the tip of the iceberg."
"Where’d the money go?"
"I’ve heard some lame-assed excuses for shit before, but former Iraq proconsul L. Paul Bremer’s testimony today on Capitol Hill pretty much takes the cake. Bremer should have been arrested and put in leg irons immediately after the hearing. This is friggin’ unbelievable."
"What’s even more unbelievable is one GOP representative’s response:"
“We are in a war against terrorists, to have a blame meeting isn’t, in my opinion, constructive,” said Rep. Dan Burton, an Indiana Republican."
Demand Change!
http://www.thewe.cc/contents/more/archive2005/february/9_billion_missing.htm
This article provides a lot more detail into the whole story. Especially interesting are all the comments - particularly - 363 tons of cash requires 18 tractor trailers to move that much at one time.
http://http://www.dailykos.com/story/2007/2/6/205743/7035
And, finally here is an article from ALL SPIN ZONE Progressive Politics Writ Large
"How much does $4,000,000,000 (in $100 bills) weigh? About 363 tons. That’s the rough total of the booty that was transfered from the U.S. Federal Reserve in New York to Baghdad in 2003 and 2004. Think about that for a moment."
"My profession is (partly) logistics. A tractor trailer can legally carry about 45,000 pounds - for the sake of argument, we’ll call it 20 tons. Our government transfered the equivalent of 18 tractor trailer loads of $100 bills into a wild west war zone over a period of 6 months. No one has ever been able to account for the money, and let’s be clear that $4 billion is just the tip of the iceberg."
"Where’d the money go?"
"I’ve heard some lame-assed excuses for shit before, but former Iraq proconsul L. Paul Bremer’s testimony today on Capitol Hill pretty much takes the cake. Bremer should have been arrested and put in leg irons immediately after the hearing. This is friggin’ unbelievable."
"What’s even more unbelievable is one GOP representative’s response:"
“We are in a war against terrorists, to have a blame meeting isn’t, in my opinion, constructive,” said Rep. Dan Burton, an Indiana Republican."
Demand Change!
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