Tag: iraq
group name: journalistic
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August 07, 2007 12:09 PM EDT --
A Soldier’s Grass
My cousin Daphne sent me an article about a soldier in Iraq. It has a picture with it. Her granddaughter sent to her. I want to pass it on to all of you, but the . . . more
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July 09, 2007 01:28 PM EDT --
I think it is great that so many Republicans are waking up to the fact that the war in Iraq is wrong.
We should not have been there in the first place.
Iraq had nothing to do with 9/11, but Bush had to . . . more
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August 26, 2007 02:57 PM EDT --
Both of the Sunday political discussion programs I watched this morning featured very interesting guests with well-reasoned interpretations of what is happening in Iraq. One guest has a new . . . more
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April 11, 2008 11:46 AM EDT --
So, Are We Winning the War or Not?
Last year I watched the Patraeaus and Ryan report with all my attention. This week I didn't. I just can't bear hearing about all that 'success'. Not . . . more
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June 29, 2007 01:28 PM EDT --
With reports today that a record number of U.S. troops have died in the past three months, President Bush is about to find out how low is low.
His approval ratings at rock bottom, increasing . . . more
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June 27, 2007 01:46 AM EDT --
It has been over three years since the native Syrian journalist, Nizar Nayouf unveiled evidence of Iraqi WMDs and roughly $2 Billion in cash and precious metals having been transported to and being . . . more
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June 06, 2007 02:07 AM EDT --
The Grand Old Party’s third presidential debate last night in Manchester, NH, finally saw the presidential hopefuls abandoning all hope that President Bush will ever pull out of the death spiral . . . more
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March 21, 2008 05:22 AM EDT --
President Bush might be excused for saying, as he did, that the success of the surge in Iraq has justified the war's cost. As the architect and the man responsible, his statement could almost be considered . . . more
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October 24, 2007 11:56 PM EDT --
Like a desperate gambler putting his life savings on a single number in the hopes of recouping all his loses, President Bush seems poised to put his money on a war with Iran to save his legacy from . . . more
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September 23, 2007 04:20 PM EDT --
The Department of Defense released the obituaries of 20 military personnel killed in Iraq last week, ranging in age from 19 to 32. Ten of the fallen heroes (50%) were killed by improvised explosive devices. . . . more
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July 05, 2007 11:41 PM EDT --
It seems that when all other rational defense of a Bush action fails, the standard get out of the hotseat is to compare it to a Clinton blooper or blame it on Clinton. After this many years in office, . . . more
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August 21, 2007 11:58 PM EDT --
They operate with little or no supervision, accountable only to the companies or federal agencies that hire them to do their dirty work. According to a recent Associated Press article, “they have . . . more
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October 03, 2007 02:29 AM EDT --
To paraphrase Alexander Pope‘s famous comment from his Essay on Criticism in 1709, a little foot-in-the-door is a dangerous thing.
And this is particularly true in politics. How many times has, . . . more
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October 24, 2007 12:20 AM EDT --
The Bush administration is ratcheting up the rhetoric on Iran again. Whether that “old dog” will still hunt is yet another matter. What’s important, however, is that our gang seems to . . . more
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June 15, 2008 09:21 PM EDT --
This is not a topic that lends itself to being explained in the 850 words or less, which is what I strive for. But as a subject that concerns a fundamental right of all human beings, it should be considered . . . more
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July 14, 2007 02:46 AM EDT --
From the same people who brought you undeniable proof that Saddam Hussein possessed weapons of mass destruction comes the latest “bombshell” that – despite years of military action by . . . more
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September 30, 2007 05:50 PM EDT --
Last week, the Department of Defense released the obituaries of seven military personnel killed in Iraq, ranging in age from 21 to 42. Three of the fallen heroes were killed by improvised explosive devices. . . . more
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January 02, 2008 11:59 PM EST --
The assassination of Benazir Bhutto in Pakistan continues to send ripples through the region. CNN announced yesterday that it had obtained Bhutto's files that contained, among other charges, accusations . . . more
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May 04, 2007 11:17 PM EDT --
For the leader of a party that is supposed to believe in limited de-centralized government, we seem to be seeing veto threats thrown out indescriminately of late. It used to be that Presidents would . . . more
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March 02, 2007 09:11 PM EST --
Living conditions for wounded soldiers at a D.C. hospital, run by the U.S. Government, were so bad that patients were living in moldy, rat-ridden rooms -- and top officials there knew about some . . . more
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