War, Politics, and Life by Bruce Maulden
Despite wanting to wield a mighty sword, Iraqi President Nouri al-Maliki’s central government assault this week on Shia militia in Basra has encountered much difficulty, making no significant gains against the army of Mugtada al-Sadr, and creating a looming lump of problems. As fighting across Iraq between Shia and Shia continues, the main objective at Basra, to…
A spokesman for the Baghdad security plan, Tahsin al-Sheikhly, was kidnapped from his Baghdad home by armed men on Thursday, security officials told AFP. The officials said Sheikhly, who spoke on civic matters related to the security plan launched in February last year, was abducted from his home in Baghdad’s Al-Amin neighbourhood at around 2:30…
A mark in the sand. This evening as it does just about every evening, the death toll in the horrific war in Iraq has quietly spiked. BAGHDAD – Four U.S. soldiers were killed by a bomb blast in southern Baghdad late Sunday, raising the death toll for American forces since start of the war to 4,000, according…
As 2008 A.D. un-gaily moves forward, Decider George is playing out his game in high drama. Although cavorting all over the planet the last few months, he and his cohort, Dufus Dick Cheney, have sealed themselves into a self-created, highly-hardened ‘bunker mentality’ — reminds one of an old Phillip K. Dick novel (we cannot remember the title) in which just about all these…
Al-Jazeera broadcast on Thursday an audiotape on which a voice identified as Osama bin Laden declares “Iraq is the perfect base to set up the jihad to liberate Palestine.” The voice calls on “Muslims in neighboring countries” to “do their best in supporting their mujahedeen brothers in Iraq.” “My speech to you is about the…
Even in a clenched-teeth lie, Decider George is incapable of talking straight. In a press conference Thursday, amid a gaggle of bullshit about the failing economy, Decider George waded into the current presidential race, offering a back-stabbing, fear-mongering, twisted-history view of Barack Obama’s position during the debate this week of withdrawing US troops from Iraq, but…
The scenario would be hilarious if death wasn’t the outcome. Gen. David Petraeus, Decider George’s head lackey in Iraq, went on NBC Tuesday morning with a tongue-wrapping excuse to continue the horror that’s Iraq. “We think we won’t know that we’ve reached a turning point until we’re six months past it. We have repeatedly said…
Happy Frankenstein Month! We here at Compatible Creatures adore creative ideas, especially those creative ideas engaging our most-disturbing interest as of late: The Catastrophic Legacy of Decider George. One of the most creative ideas to catch our eyes in recent memory was a piece by Los Angeles Times columnist Rosa Brooks, which appeared Thursday under…
Despite the talk about US troops leaving Iraq as soon as the disheveled country can defend itself, the real timeline is blowing in the wind, and it’s a long-range wind. Although Decider George’s so-called “surge” has seen some improvements, Iraq will most likely never be able to stand on it own two feet. The Iraqi…
“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 the horror to continue. Despite all the reality staring him in the face, and like a retarded turtle who won’t…