Massacre No-News
January 15, 2008As we scanned the online news sources this morning there was nothing at all about this in any of the US mainstream or alternate news operations: Hamas has blamed George Bush’s tour of the Middle…
Author Archives: Bruce Maulden
Iraq Draw-Up
January 12, 2008“It’s just this war and that lying sonofabitch Johnson. I would never hurt you. You know that.” Jenny’s activist ‘boyfriend’ in Forrest Gump Despite creating a living hell for the Iraqi people, Decider George wants…
Laughing-stock Horror
January 11, 2008Shame: synonyms — humiliate, ridicule, insult, demean, disrespect, soul-murder; see Bush, George W. Not only do the US peoples have to put up with Decider George’s arrogant incompetence in everything he touches, now they have…
‘My soul uplifted’ — Sir George in Palestine
January 10, 2008Hubris is an interesting word. We here at Compatible Creatures have a dour longing for words which look weird and are rarely used in general-public discourse. However, hubris have been used a lot the last…
Blowback American Style
January 8, 2008Smoke and mirrors continue to embody the war in Iraq. Even as New Hampshire residents go to the polls today for the first primary of the 2008 presidential race, the slaughter in the Mid East…
Death Stalks the Lie
January 6, 2008As the new year gains momentum, nothing seems to have changed — yet. The results off the “surge” has painted a heart-warming and optimistic picture of the hell that’s Iraq. The real weak-link of the…
Killing Fields of Not-Iowa
January 4, 2008An inescapable horror: BAQUBA, Iraq (AFP) – Three Iraqi civilians were killed by US military fire in two incidents on Thursday in the province of Diyala, one of the most dangerous regions in the country,…
Homeward Bound — Not!
January 3, 2008“One can only wonder, now that the United States has ‘liberated’ Iraq from Saddam Hussein, just who will liberate Iraq from the United States.” — Raed Jarrar, Iraq consultant at the Public Policy Office of…
Cannon Fodder
January 2, 2008EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — Darcy Woodke recalled the day she picked up her husband and several of his National Guard buddies after they got back from Iraq. “I stopped at a four-way stop sign. I…
Despite The Surge
January 1, 2008Still, six years after the 2001 U.S.-led invasion, violence persists in much of southern Afghanistan where the government has little presence, and recent militant attacks in Pakistan highlight a long-term regional problem with al-Qaida and…