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McCain gets it wrong about Iraq timeline

McCain, trying to score a few desperate points against Obama, gets the Iraq time line drastically wrong. CBS does its part to cover up fr McCain.

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The “surge” is not working

Hardly a day goes by when you don’t hear yet another Republican claiming that the “surge” is working in Iraq. And see here and here.
If the surge is really working, let’s see daily videotape showing Western reporters strolling freely through Baghdad’s neighborhoods, outside of the Green Zone, chatting with Iraqis.   Better yet, let’s celebrate the [...]

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A “war” that’s not important to win or lose

What follows is an excerpt from an article from Salon.com entitled “Breaking the Iraq Stalemate.”
Trapped by reality, Bush can no longer use his time-tested rhetoric to rally America. Instead, he is forced to contradict his own grand ideological claims. His pathetic speech last week was a preview of what we are likely to see in [...]

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Anti-surge protest - St. Louis, Missouri

Anti-surge protest - St. Louis, Missouri

If you couldn’t make it to Washington, DC, many local communities sponsored their own anti-war protests today.   The one I attended was sponsored by the St. Louis Instead of War Coalition.   The sponsors assembled the several hundred participants into groups to be photographed, those photos to be delivered to new Missouri Claire McCaskill.

The man (below), referring [...]