War Thunder and the UN
April 17, 2008Authoritative voices in the bright light: WASHINGTON — The war in Iraq has become “a major debacle” and the outcome “is in doubt” despite improvements in security from the buildup in U.S. forces, according to…
Author Archives: Bruce Maulden
Occupier Beware!
April 16, 2008Yesterday, car bombs in Baghdad and in a couple of other places in Iraq continue to explode-open a war which has become so confused and unfettered by the day. Fifty (at the minimum, probably more)…
Til Death Do Us Part
April 14, 2008Decider George’s illegal and immoral war has an even uglier underbelly: April 10 (Bloomberg) — Current and former military personnel accounted for about 20 percent of U.S. suicides in 2005, according to a government study.…
Mouth of the Bush
April 11, 2008Decider George gave his big speech yesterday and it’s more of the same twisted logic and a demand on the US peoples for even more patience, even after more than five years (Associated Press transcript):…
‘blood of our children’
April 10, 2008According to the Associated Press, as of this morning 17 mostly-young US service people have been killed since Sunday. Five on Wednesday. The mortality rate has started to increase. While politicians fiddle, Iraq burns. BAGHDAD…
Un-reality TV
April 9, 2008During the Senate hearing segment yesterday of the long-running horror-opus, ‘Decider George and The War,’ nothing new and nothing blue was blubbered into the ether. In fact, after digging at the entire proceedings, CNN’s Baghdad…
Bio-Degradable Jackboot John
April 6, 2008As Jackboot John McCain launched his weeklong ‘Biography Tour’ in an attempt to showcase his long, storied relationship with the US military and started what Reuters news service tagged as a “trip down memory lane,”…
Historic Reality
April 5, 2008As the dust settles gently over the Tigris and Euphrates, Decider George’s war in Iraq has moved into its final stages — the US military should at least now have plans (or plans in the…
Miscalculation Malady
March 30, 2008One of the worst, sometimes tragic consequences of an action is the “boomerang,” or “backfire” effect: A miscalculation that recoils on its maker. Iraq is nothing but miscalculation after miscalculation with a lots of boomerang. Although Shiite…
Love Means Never Having To say, ‘I’m Sorry’
March 29, 2008In seems so incredulous that with hundreds of thousands dead and entire countries torn to bits, Decider George would apologize for the supposedly unlawful killing of a seller of cigarettes and antiques. President Bush called Egyptian…