Category Archives: Iraq war

Is It Still Torture If We Do It?

New Bush-Era Torture Memo Released, Raises Questions About What Has Changed And What Hasn’t by Dan Foomkin/ Huffington Post/ April 6, 2012 WASHINGTON — A six-year-old memo from within the George W. Bush administration that came to light this week … Continue reading

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Is Good War an Oxymoron?

The Shifting Strategies of Empire by David Swanson/ March24, 2012 Remarks at the United National Antiwar Coalition (UNAC) Conference: President Obama this week declared the war on Iraq to be an honorable success that has given us a brighter future. … Continue reading

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Hedges: “The Iron Doors of the Corporate State are Slamming Shut.”

Supreme Court Likely to Endorse Obama’s War on Whistle-Blowers by Chris Hedges/ Truthdig/ March 12, 2012 Totalitarian systems disempower an unsuspecting population by gradually making legal what was once illegal. They incrementally corrupt and distort law to exclusively serve the … Continue reading

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Disturbing Liberal Hypocrisy

A very troubling commentary by Glenn Greenwald, about how tolerant liberal Democrats have become to the militaristic, authoritarian policies of Barack Obama–policies they harshly criticized when done by the George W. Bush administration. REPULSIVE PROGRESSIVE HYPOCRISY by Glenn Greenwald/ Salon/ … Continue reading

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The U.S. Is So Unpredictable: Who Could Have Known…?

by Arlen Grossman “Too Big to Fail” Wall Street firms caused a worldwide financial crash, the government bailed them out and didn’t break them up, and yet these  companies continue risky investments and reward their executives with outrageously large salaries … Continue reading

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The Iraq Speech We Wish We’d Heard From Obama

What Barack Obama Should Have Said While Announcing the End of the Iraq War (Rude Version) by the Rude Pundit (Lee Papa)/ Dec. 15, 2011 President Obama gave a speech at Fort Bragg yesterday to declare the end of the 8.75 … Continue reading

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Can You Feel Another War Coming?

Prepping Americans For an Iran War As the American/Israeli war drums beat more loudly over Iran, the U.S. public is being told that this time the warnings about nuclear weapons are right, that no one should listen to Iranian denials, … Continue reading

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Iraq: Now Can We Apologize?

My parents taught me that when you make a mistake that hurts other people, you should apologize for it. We owe a Big Apology when it comes to Iraq. Now that President Obama has announced all America troops will be … Continue reading

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BPR Quote of the Day: Iraq Promise Kept…….Almost Three Years Late

“I will promise you this: that if we have not gotten our troops out by the time I am president, it is the first thing I will do.  I will get our troops home.  We will bring an end to … Continue reading

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