Insolent Idiot: ‘It got drunk’
July 23, 2008During a crisis, or some calamity, under pressure to solve problems, a nation’s leader should be able to help, to solve and put together resources in efforts to figure out the next course of action.…
Author Archives: Bruce Maulden
‘An Iraqi Vision’ — Obama on the Euphrates
July 21, 2008This sad, ugly Wide World of War on Terror has gone from real bad to a mounting realization of a coming catastrophic turn for the worse, even as Barack Obama trips through Afghanistan and Iraq,…
Unraveling: ‘We’re Coitus’
July 20, 2008An impatient sun is setting on the deeds and life of the US of A. In the September of his reign as leader of the whole, wide world, Decider George’s antics have begun to catch…
‘Grandiose’ Eagle Pull
July 19, 2008And this morning from the Germans via Reuters: Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki told a German magazine he supported prospective U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama’s proposal that U.S. troops should leave Iraq within 16…
Darkness in the Footlights
July 18, 2008One definition-aspect of the word, theatrical, is deeds marked by pretense or artificiality of emotion. Our entangled mess of a planet nowadays is becoming a very-astutely-written piece of theater, a play of many acts and…
Afghan Denial: ‘No disregard’
July 17, 2008Another lost opportunity for Decider George. Even as he holds out a shocking, back-stabbing fig leaf to Iran, the original intent with the late-great Global War on Terror in Afghanistan is going to shit in…
‘I Shot My Dude’
July 11, 2008A little legal note in the shadows of Decider George’s Iraqi adventure. Sgt. Jermaine Nelson, in a tape-recorded interview with a Naval Criminal Investigative Service agent, said he and Sgt. Ryan Weemer were ordered by…
Clusters Last Stand: Hypocrisy
July 10, 2008A shitload of stuff the US says and then does is an outright lie, or at best, a stance hidden behind a forest of double-standards. Case in full point: Cluster bombs. These little bits of…
True Liar
July 8, 2008Hats off to the most-excellent news site, thinkprogress.org for noting yesterday of Decider George’s blatant use of the most-forked of tongues. Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki blurted out some heavy words to a meeting of…
Iraq Outbound
July 6, 2008One of our most-favorite of Iraq peoples is the Shia cleric Moqtada al Sadr. Beyond looking like a way-sedated Jack Black with a beard, Moqtada carries enormous political clout, and also has the armed capability…