Tora Bora Blowback

As 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 was indeed a “slam dunk” win — the original Taliban routed, Osama and a few of his boys corralled in…

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VA War Zone

As 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 GIs have died in Iraq since the invasion in March 2003 while 582 servicemen have been killed in Afghanistan, where…

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Cheney & Company’s Most-Excellent Caucasus Adventure

In 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 will launch his vice president, Dufus Dick Cheney, to a few countries next week (within minutes of giving the lead-off…

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McCain as Honcho

As 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 this affrightful apparition comes from investigative journalist Robert Perry over at consortiumnews.com. Perry envisions rightly so a picture of some…

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