Truth portraits
May 28, 2013When President Obama spoke yesterday: “Regardless of reason, this truth cannot be ignored that today most Americans are not directly touched by war. As a consequence, not all Americans may always see or fully grasp…
Tag Archives: iraq
Memorial Early
May 26, 2013War remembered by the dead. Today is the day before Memorial Day, which is tomorrow, Monday — a sober holiday in its intention, but nowadays more to the BBQ and cheap beer. America is fairly…
still despicable after all these years
May 5, 2013Just when you thought George Jr. was even close to being pretty, a couple of horror-shots of his legacy loom large. The first: The escalating violence has residents of Baghdad stocking up on rice, vegetables…
Stop-Loss Memory
March 20, 2013Reportedly, at a little after 4 AMÂ out here on California’s north coast, the sun will cross directly over the Earth’s equator during a moment known as the vernal equinox when both day and night are…
Happy Anniversary, My Dear
March 19, 2013(Illustration found here). Ten years along and the recipients of “shock and awe” know it as a wide-awake nightmare — from the NY Times: At the pet market, Karrar Habeeb, a 22-year-old carpenter, paused, surprised…
War Never-Ending
March 12, 2013Overcast and still warm this way-early Tuesday morning on California’s north coast, and if the recent past is any indication, this day will either be foggy, sunny or a mixture of both — who’s to…
Cradle of graves
February 17, 2013“I think things have gotten so bad inside Iraq from the standpoint of the Iraqi people, my belief is we will, in fact, be greeted as liberators.” — Dick Cheney, ‘Meet The Press,’ March 16,…
Day of the veteran
November 11, 2012Even now after nearly half-a-century, one Vietnam vet still works to get a grip: Wright died in 1968 when he stepped on a land mine, Atwood said, and Wright’s mother always blamed him for her…
CSA — Crime Scene Afghanistan
March 19, 2012Although the name of the supposedly “lone service member” who killed 16 Afghan civilians a week ago has finally emerged — Sgt. Bob Bales — the names of the victims of the rampage haven’t seen…
Fog of Truth — ‘Bugsplat’
January 2, 2012As the new year grinds on, politics has taken the edge off the nearly unnoticed pullout of US troops from Iraq, ending a segment in one of the most-horrible of episodes. And the most lied…