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Afghanistan dangerously off the radar
It’s hardly an anniversary many will register, but last week marked 30 years since President Jimmy Carter authorised the first covert CIA operations against the government of Afghanistan.
By backing the anti-Communist mujahideen and creating civil unrest, the plan was to provoke a Soviet invasion and thus, in the words of Carter’s [...]

Posted by bosskitty July 6th, 2008 | Tags: Accountability, Afghanistan, Bozo, Bush, Casualties, Cheney, civilian deaths, Clash of Civilizations, Cold War, Collateral, consequences, contradictions, Corruption, economics, Foreign Policy, Future Shock, global community, global policies, Karzai, Mismanagement, mujahideen, Pakistan, policy, Politics, Power Shift, profiteers | Tagged: Bush | Category: Accountability, Afghanistan, Bozo, Bush, Casualties, Cheney, Clash of Civilizations, Cold War, Collateral, Corruption, DoubleSpeak, Election, Future Shock, Karzai, Mismanagement, Pakistan, Pentagon Corruption, administration, consequences, contradictions, deployment, economics, global policies, mujahideen | Leave a comment

Pentagon Warns of Civilian Layoffs If Congress Delays War Funding
Democrats Are Firm on Link to Troop Withdrawals From Iraq
By Jonathan Weisman and Ann Scott Tyson Washington Post
The Defense Department warned yesterday that as many as 200,000 contractors and civilian employees will begin receiving layoff warnings by Christmas unless Congress acts on President [...]

Posted by bosskitty November 21st, 2007 | Category: Afghanistan, Agendas, Bush, Casualties, Congress, Contractors, Corruption, Democracy In Action, Executive Branch, Hypocracy, Iraq, Joint Chiefs, Middle East, Nancy Pelosi, Outsource, PTSD, Pakistan, Pentagon Corruption, Politics, Propaganda, Soldiers, Tax Dollars, VA, War, War Contractors, War Cost, Waste, appropriation, betrayal, department of defense, deployment, disinformation, escalation, mental health, negligence, profiteers, responsibility, veterans benefits, victims | Comments (3)

It’s infuriating that the House was unable to get the votes needed to make this bill veto proof. It appears that there were fifteen democrats including Pete Stark of all people, who voted against the bill. What the heck is up with that?
The Democrats managed to get four Republicans to change their minds and [...]

Posted by nytexan November 15th, 2007 | Category: Afghanistan, Democrat, Doggett, GOP, House of Representatives, Iraq, Pelosi, Politics, War, deployment | Comments (10)

Documents Show Troops Disregarding Rules
by Ryan Lenz
New documents released Tuesday regarding crimes committed by U.S. soldiers against civilians in Iraq and Afghanistan detail a troubling pattern of troops failing to understand and follow the rules that govern interrogations and deadly actions.
“The simple fact of the matter is interrogation is supposed to be stressful or you [...]

Posted by bosskitty September 5th, 2007 | Category: ACLU, Abu Ghraib, Accountability, Baghdad, Casualties, Collateral, Cowboys and Indians, Education, Excuses, Gangs, Hypocracy, Ignorance, Iraq, Law, Legacy, Mercenaries, Occupation Army, Outsource, PTSD, Pentagon Corruption, Private Armies, Propaganda, Rumsfeld, Scandal, Soldiers, Tax Dollars, The Liar, War Cost, War Crimes, abuse, arrogance, battlefield, betrayal, cover up, crimes, department of defense, deployment, disinformation, documents, escalation, ethics, humanitarian, incompetence, innocents, lies, mental health, military, profiteers, resonsibility, training, troops | Leave a comment

AL-ASAD AIR BASE, Iraq (AFP) — US President George W. Bush paid a surprise visit to Iraq on Monday for a “war council” meeting ahead of a crucial report to Congress ….
The trip coincided with the withdrawal of British troops from their last base in the southern city of Basra amid tensions between Washington [...]

Posted by bosskitty September 3rd, 2007 | Category: Admiral William Fallon, Al-Asad, Anbar, British, Bush, Crooks, Foriegn Policy, Gates, Iraq, Joint Chiefs, Maliki, Occupation Army, Orwellian, Politics, Propaganda, Rice, Tax Dollars, The Divider, The Liar, US Ambassador Ryan Crocker, War Cost, War Council, War on Terror, deployment, disinformation, escalation, profiteers, troops | Comments (2)