What is it like to fight for the U.S. in Iraq?

Here's the story of one marine. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ja8kuAHQaWQ[/youtube] The comments following this video at YouTube substantiate the huge cultural divide that exists in the U.S. The comment that haunts me the most is about the day-to-day job: breaking down doors and terrorizing numerous innocent people. This occurs because our soldiers can't…

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Bill Maher on John McCain, the “surge” and religion

If you want to know what Bill Maher is up to, check out this article at Salon.com. I found the interview to be equally thoughtful and frank--the antithesis of political talk. For instance, on McCain and Iraq Maher says: It's already a partitioned country. What are we fighting for over…

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Bush admits he doesn’t know what’s going on in Iraq

Today ABC's Martha Raddatz asked Bush whether Iraq was embroiled in a civil war. Bush:  "It's hard for me living in this beautiful White House to give you an assessment, a first hand assessment . . ." Bush continued on: I haven't been there. You have, I haven't. But I…

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Who else is Iran arming in Iraq? What the media isn’t saying.

Salon's War Room presents Fox's coverage as a case of especially shoddy journalism regarding Iran's alleged provision of arms to forces hostile to the US in Iraq: Let's say for the sake of argument that the administration is right on two key points: that Iranian arms are indeed flowing into…

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