Iraq: It’s Nancy Pelosi’s War When asked about her position on impeachment, Nancy Pelosi responded, “I’ve always said impeachment’s off the table. This is President Bush’s war, it’s Vice President Cheney’s war, and now it’s become the war of the Republicans in congress.” Some might see her response as including a non sequitur. What [...]
Archive for May 5th, 2008
5 May
Assassins of Peace
May 5, 2008 Assassins of Peace The “war on terrorism” now consists of a worldwide campaign to fund the “good” terrorist groups CNN reports that George W. Bush, with his disapproval rating shooting past 70 percent, is the most unpopular president in modern American history, or as long as they’ve been polling the question [...]
5 May
When Will We Ever Learn?
ANTIWAR.COM When Will We Ever Learn? by Mary Reward antiwar.com “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.”?- George Santayana On 9/11, we were told “this changes everything.” The terror attacks on New York and Washington were painted as one-of-a-kind events without historical parallel. In reality, they were an all too familiar [...]
5 May
The Last War and the Next One: Descending into Madness in Iraq — and Beyond
Published on AfterDowningStreet.org (http://www.afterdowningstreet.org) The Last War and the Next One: Descending into Madness in Iraq — and Beyond By davidswanson Created 2008-05-04 22:02 By Tom Engelhardt, Tom Dispatch [1] The last war won’t end, but in the Pentagon they’re already arguing about the next one. Let’s start with that “last war” and see if [...]