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The refusal of seventeen soldiers to undertake a refueling mission speaks volumes to the state of our military in Iraq. The soldiers complained of poorly maintained equipment and the absence of the usual air cover and armed escorts in refusing to run a convoy from their base in Tallil, about 70 miles south . . . → Read More: Calling in sane: troops refuse “suicide mission” More than two years after Abu Musab al-Zarqawi’s name became widely known in connection with terrorism, the U.S. Treasury Department on Friday placed him on its list of persons suspected of terrorism or financing terrorism. Zarqawi, who has claimed responsiblity for many of the bombings and beheadings in Iraq n recent months, first came . . . → Read More: Treasury department suspects Abu Musab al-Zarqawi of terrorism Republicans and Democrats alike have risen up in anger over a rash of dirty tricks aimed at Democratic candidates. Democrats are angry that it’s happening. Republicans are angry that they’re being caught. Among the allegations are that a GOP-funded voter registration drive resulted in the destruction of a number of Democratic voter registration . . . → Read More: Republican Organizers: Lie, steal, cheat, repeat Tonight’s third and final presidential debate may be defined as much by something president Bush said two years ago as anything he or John Kerry said tonight. In March of 2003, George Bush told reporters at a press conference, “I’m really not that concerned about” Osama bin Laden. During tonight’s debate, when John Kerry . . . → Read More: Debate analysis: Bush remains vertical; John Kerry has plans TV station KLAS in Las Vegas reports that a voter registration group called Voters Outreach of America has been destroying Democratic voter registration forms. The group, which left Las Vegas with its office rent in arrears, has been reported operating in Oregon and several other states as well. KLAS interviewed former employees of the . . . → Read More: A grass roots effort to keep Democrats from voting In a little-noticed article last week, Knight Ridder reporters quoted Iraq’s defense minister, Defense Minister Hazem Shalan al Khuzaei, as saying he wants U.S. troops “to stay for 15 years. On the general level, I want them to stay until the situation stabilizes. Why do I favor 15 years? The fact is, we are . . . → Read More: Iraqi officials: U.S. troops should stay 15 years Sinclair Broadcast Group’s decision to air an anti-Kerry film across its 62 stations may have launched a liberal juggernaut. In the days since the Los Angeles Times reported that the media company had ordered its stations to pre-empt their prime time schedules in favor of airing the film “Stolen Honor,” liberal weblogs, media watchdogs . . . → Read More: Did Sinclair Broadcast Group energize liberals? By ordering its stations to pre-empt their prime-time schedule to air an anti-Kerry film, SBG has drawn the country’s attention to a gathering threat: Weapons of Mass Deception. More dangerous than anything a terrorist group or an outcast state like Iraq is our ability to subvert ourselves. By choosing to define an obviously polemical . . . → Read More: Sinclair Broadcast Group may have done the country a favor Republican Senator Kit Bond of Missourri issued a press release today taking aim at the Pentagon’s mismanagement of absentee balloting for U.S. troops. Senator Bond has “included language in the Defense Authorization bill to force the Pentagon to confront the problems surrounding military voting.” “Our troops are overseas working to help the newly freed . . . → Read More: Senator Kit Bond deplores Pentagon troop disenfranchisement |
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Bush administration post-war planning: “To Be Provided”
A criminally incompetent Bush administration went to war in Iraq short 100,000 troops and with no post-war plan whatsoever.
Knight Ridder, the only news service in the United States with the right to be proud of its Iraq coverage both before and after the war, has an extraordinary three-part series describing in startling detail . . . → Read More: Bush administration post-war planning: “To Be Provided”