Winning Fantasy — Again
September 22, 2008In the wake of the bombing of Islamabad’s Marriott Hotel — killing from 53 to 60 people, depending on the news outlet — the crisis in making war in Afghanistan comes under a deeper blanket…
Author Archives: Bruce Maulden
Another Afghan ‘Mistake’
September 18, 2008Just when it was thought to be safe to venture over to a relative’s house in Afghanistan: An Afghan district governor and two of his bodyguards have been killed by mistake in a Nato raid…
Tora Bora Blowback
September 17, 2008As the nation seemingly ponders the application of lipstick on various barnyard animals and the financial IED on Wall Street, long-simmering Afghanistan has finally boiled over onto Pakistan. Near seven years ago, this little conflict…
Sarah’s Surge to War
September 14, 2008As the absolute horror of Jackboot John McCain sitting in the Oval office becomes much-more intense with each passing white-collar lipstick smear the real repugnance lies in death and killing and suffering from the Tigris…
Lift Hi The Voices
September 13, 2008A wonderful, ‘The Office’ cut of politics tempered with song. See one of the best and most-different of a Obama video here. Politics can be so BAD!
Wake-Up Call Plus Seven
September 11, 2008As I drove my oldest daughter to work Monday, Sept. 10, 2001, we discussed her upcoming marriage to a guy then in the Navy stationed in Virginia. She was concerned about his safety being in…
VA War Zone
September 4, 2008As the bungled, terrible wars in Iraq and Afghanistan continue to kill and maim US troops, the return home can be just as tedious and terrifying as the war zones. As of yesterday, 4,151 US…
Safeguarding ‘The Long War’
August 30, 2008As Decider George and his miserable band of legal cutthroats get ready for a much-anticipated kick out the door, the blood lust must remain first and foremost. As the rest of the US swirls around…
Cheney & Company’s Most-Excellent Caucasus Adventure
August 29, 2008In all indications, the skirmish in the Caucasus has developed into a long-running, hard-line situation. The US rigged a plan to pull at scabs, scratch open old sores and have accomplished the feat. Decider George…
McCain as Honcho
August 28, 2008As we bask in the happy-rhetoric of the DNC, just consider a Jackboot John McCain presidency — maybe one shouldn’t willingly do such a thing. It’s the stuff of horror fiction. A good comment/view on…