Category Archives: War in Iraq

Hard to argue that it wasn’t an Anti-Bush movement at this point… My favorite clip from the video is the comparison in Democratic approval of Bush’s foreign policy versus Obama’s, the former getting a paltry 22% and the latter rocking … Continue reading →

In his new memoir, Decision Points, the former president tells of a meeting he held in September 2006 with Mr. McConnell, then the Republican whip in the Senate. The occupation of Iraq was going horribly, American and Iraqi casualties were … Continue reading →

Jessica Yellin, formerly of MSNBC, has something she wants to tell you… ANDERSON COOPER: Jessica, McClellan took press to task for not upholding their reputation. He writes: “The National Press Corps was probably too deferential to the White House and … Continue reading →

Oh, this is just too damned good. Before the Iraq War started, two Democratic dopes went to Iraq and spoke to us about how painful it would be for the Iraqi children. They appealed to us to not do anything … Continue reading →

One of the things I like about Hillary Clinton is that when the time came to do the right thing in Iraq, she did it. She voted for the war, ignorning the nutbars in her party and instead following the … Continue reading →

I’ve been cringing every time I hear it… There’s a horrible story out of Iraq proving the kind of savages these folks are capable of being (and by these folks I mean the “insurgents,” “terrorists” or as Patty Murray would … Continue reading →

AP Photo I know all the candidates said it, but I’m particularly interested in Edwards saying it for a specific reason… The leading Democratic White House hopefuls conceded Wednesday night they cannot guarantee to pull all U.S. combat troops from … Continue reading →

Alan Greenspan, who just a few days ago was quoted as saying the Iraq war was indeed about oiiiiiiil, has now come back to “clarify” his statement: “I was not saying that that’s the administration’s motive,” Greenspan said in an … Continue reading →

So now the right who loved him will now hate him and the left who hated him will now love him… You win some, you lose some… In his long-awaited memoir, to be published tomorrow, Greenspan, a Republican whose 18-year … Continue reading →

Original quote: And let me be clear. The violence in Anbar has gone down in spite of the Surge, not because of the Surge. The inability of American soldiers to protect these tribes from Al Qaeda said to these tribes, … Continue reading →

Stay the course. President George W. Bush has insisted America can still win the war in Iraq, despite a bleak picture of progress in the war-wracked nation painted by a White House report. As Bush tried to quell a Republican … Continue reading →

WASHINGTON – In grudging concessions to President Bush, Democrats intend to draft an Iraq war-funding bill without a timeline for the withdrawal of U.S. troops and shorn of billions of dollars in spending on domestic programs, officials said Monday. While … Continue reading →

Amongst all the ill-will created by the President’s move to withhold funding from the troops in Iraq, we’ve lost sight of one thing. The funding of the Iraq War will not go on endlessly without an endgame in site and … Continue reading →

I guess we can drop the whole “we support the troops, not the war” bullshit. In Washington, counterprotesters also converged on the mall in smaller numbers, but the antiwar demonstration was largely peaceful. There were a few tense moments, however, … Continue reading →

$5 to the first liberal who makes the obvious point that executing Saddam will not end the fighting in Iraq.

It’s very interesting how we’ve now gotten our hands on some of Saddam’s archives and the kind of information we’ve found in them. It’s also interesting, however, to see how little buzz is generated around them. The information found in … Continue reading →

I was going to sit down and write a thoughtful longwinded post about the new images of torture from Abu Ghraib. Yes, I called it torture. Smeering feeces on someone is torture. Hooking electrical wires to someone’s naked body is … Continue reading →

I knew that if something happened in the George Galloway libel appeal, Stageleft would be the first site to have the goods. You may recall the flurry of (Right)WingNut rhetoric that followed George Galloways’ “I have met Saddam Hussein exactly … Continue reading →

Remember this? Well, he’s at it again… One year since honoring the American service men and women killed in Iraq and Afghanistan, Ted Koppel and ABC News “Nightline” will again pay tribute to the fallen by devoting an extended broadcast … Continue reading →