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Disconnected Bush Extorts Congress One Last Time

Posted by bosskitty

Eight years of distortion and extortion have changed the world. The lessons have been tragic and harsh. The final acts of President Bush will determine how hard it will be for the world to recover from all the bad parts of this fairy tale.

China: Concerned by U.S. Satellite Missile Plan

Posted by bosskitty

   BEIJING (Reuters) – China is concerned by U.S. plans to shoot down an ailing spy satellite and is considering what “preventative measures” to take, the Foreign Ministry said on Sunday.“The Chinese government is paying close attention to how the situation develops and demands the U.S. side fulfill its international obligations and avoids causing damage [...]

US Tax Dollars NOT Spent on Homeless Veterans – Words Are Cheaper

Posted by bosskitty

1 Out of 4 Homeless Are Veterans
WASHINGTON — Veterans make up one in four homeless people in the United States, though they are only 11 percent of the general adult population, according to a report to be released Thursday.And homelessness is not just a problem among middle-age and elderly veterans. Younger veterans from [...]

Saber Rattling Gets Louder With Consequences

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Iran says documents show U.S. backing “terrorists”
TEHRAN (Reuters) – Iran has access to evidence of U.S. support for terrorist groups in the Middle East, a senior Iranian official was quoted as saying on Sunday.
U.S. imposes new sanctions on Iran‘s military
Petraeus steps up accusations against Iran
Petraeus says Iran stoking Iraq violence
Iraq official says [...]

Japanese Play Down Historical Indiscretions, Just Like We Do

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Five Armies Fighting for the Same Iraq, Against Each Other

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Al Jazeera in depth research into Iraq’s many armies: Four years ago the fighting in Iraq was just beginning. The armed group al-Qaeda in Iraq did not even exist and Sunni and Shia groups were working together against the US-led forces.
Three years ago, sectarian divisions escalated into a battle some believe [...]

Nightmare of Bush War Games – Curtain Call For Iran

Posted by bosskitty

Will President Bush bomb Iran?
In a nondescript room, two blocks from the American Capitol building, a group of Bush administration staffers is gathered to consider the gravest threat their government has faced this century: the testing of a nuclear weapon by Iran.
Nightmare scenario

The [...]

Veteran Casualty Warnings Fall On Bush’s Deaf Ears

Posted by bosskitty

Military Briefs Bush On Troops’ Welfare
Effects of Lengthy Deployments Discussed
By Michael Abramowitz Washington Post Staff Writer Saturday, September 1, 2007
President Bush went to the Pentagon yesterday to hear firsthand the views of top military advisers concerned about the impact of extensive Iraq deployments on the overall health of the U.S. armed [...]

Pentagon Missing 190,000 AK-47’s

Posted by nytexan

Is there anything regarding the Iraq war that the U.S. can do correct? Here’s a thought to ponder: are our troops being killed by Iran weapons or are they being killed by our own U.S. supplied weapons? Probably both, but since the Pentagon doesn’t have clue where the weapons are who really knows.
It’s not surprising [...]

Mixed Signals and Doublespeak

Posted by bosskitty

Gates Says Troop Drawdown Possible
WASHINGTON -  Defense Secretary Robert Gates acknowledged Sunday that political stability in Iraq won’t likely happen before the Bush administration makes its critical September assessment on whether its war strategy is working. But Gates declined to predict that a drawdown of U.S. military forces in such a scenario would [...]

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