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Happy Birthday Bud! Happy Sovereignty Day Iraq!
Today is the date for two important occurances: 1.) The birthday of my son, known to many as Will but to his Mother and me as Buddy, who is now in DC working at the Hyatt and getting ready for Graduate...
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Juan Cole asks a question that we should have known the answer to years ago…
This from the best blog on the Middle East that’s on the Internet, Informed Comment by Juan Cole: Missing Pilot found in Iraq; In the End, will there be anything Left of Bush’s UN Speech that is not a...
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Today is an Anniversary… let’s not celebrate.
It is the eighth anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan today. As of yesterday, when a contingent from Congress met with the President, it looks like we’re staying. Will troops increase and,...
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Veterans Day
I’d like to give a nod to all the Vets who read Under The LobsterScope and salute them for the service they have given to this country… And I hope we can bring our service folks in Afghanistan, Iraq...
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Why didn’t Obama consider Diplomacy in Afghanistan?
This Tuesday Obama is supposed to announce his decision on troops and Afghanistan (the last guess I heard was 30,000 as opposed to the 40,000 the General asked for) and we will once again see our...
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Rising military suicides outpaces combat deaths in Iraq and Afghanistan…
This article from Congress.org caught my attention. I find it especially interesting since we are about to increase troops in Afghanistan. Here’s a clip… but go to the site and read the whole thing:...
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Do we learn from History?
…even RECENT History? I’m beginning to wonder what we can possibly do to change the way we interact with the world. This long article on Washington’s Blog is worth the read. Here’s a clip: clipped from...
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The Hurt Locker
Now that they’ve released the DVD, Elly and I got around to viewing THE HURT LOCKER last night. What a terrific and moving film. You get so caught up with this team of explosive experts in their last...
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This article from Truthout is one of the most disturbing pieces on the Iraq...
Recognizing the Creative Commons Attribute on this article from Truthout, I am reproducing it in full. I dare anyone to read it and not be ready to pull all troops out of the Middle East now. This is...
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A Quote for Today (and for the past several years)
“Is there a man or woman in America today who is willing to stand at noon in the public square and claim that demands to bomb, invade, and occupy other people’s countries have anything to do with human...
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Last “Full Combat” Brigade out of Iraq
I watched on Olbermann as the last “full combat” brigade (440 soldiers) pulled out of Iraq and rode their Strykers into Kuwait last night (I have no idea how long it takes them to actually get out of...
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If you get Tweets from John McCain…
… then you probably got this tiny piece of bullshit. Last American combat troops leave Iraq. I think President George W. Bush deserves some credit for victory. about 12 hours ago via Twitter for iPhone...
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Another Quote for the Day – thinking about Iraq
“Certainly, Iraq is on the road to being an independent nation, though how much American neo-imperialism is imposed on Baghdad remains to be seen. Now if only Iraq had a government.” - Juan Cole...
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Wrong thing to say on TV – This Week’s Award Winner
” I say why isn’t Iraq paying us back with oil, and paying every American family and their soldiers that lost loved ones or have injured soldiers — and why didn’t they pay for their own liberation? For...
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Curveball says he lied to get rid of Saddam…
..and, of course, led us into a long stupid war with dead and wounded Americans and thousands of dead Iraqi citizens. This snippet by an article from Empty Wheel: clipped from...
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Colin Powell “manipulated” into making the case for the Iraq War…
…said his former Chief of Staff last night on MSNBC. Take a look: clipped from www.huffingtonpost.com Lawrence Wilkerson, former chief of staff to Colin Powell, appeared on “MSNBC Live” tonight and...
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War Profiteers Kill Jobs!
Now go HERE to see what you can do about it, Related articles War Is Business… (jcdp18.wordpress.com) War Profiteering = Big Business (ppjg.wordpress.com) End the Wars Now and Balance the Budget!!!...
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Thoughts on Pearl Harbor Day
Seventy years ago the United States was attacked by the Japanese and we were plunged into what became World War II…and we stayed in some form of military activity for decades thereafter. Korea, Cuba,...
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Today starts the removal of troops from Iraq…
… and over the next couple of weeks they will be out, with a few thousand (more?) advisors remaining… doing what, I don’t know. There is, I guess, a certain amount of relief being felt, but the...
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It Takes One To Know One…
“He has been an unmitigated disaster to the country.” – Former Vice President Dick Cheney, quoted by the Washington Post, about President Obama. How in hell does someone who is a proven “unmitigated...
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I have not talked much about Syria, but this seems to be a positive statement:
Nawaf al-Fares is one of the highest-profile defectors from the Syrian regime. Formerly he was Bashar al-Assad‘s ambassador in Baghdad, Iraq. He has been a very prominent figure in Syria for years and...
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188 Fact Checked Promises Kept By Barack Obama
The next time a Romney/Ryan follower tells you Obama didn’t do anything during his first term, hit them with this list… and ask them what the Republican candidates have done! Here are 188 promises...
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The next time Romney says Obama did nothing to create jobs, introduce him to...
Thanks To Connecticut Against Linda McMahon The President’s Veterans Job Corps Act of 2012 would have spent $1 billion over five years to put veterans to work tending to federal lands, and in the...
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