If you want to sleep well and not worry about Bush's new plans for the Middle East, don't read this New Yorker article by Seymour Hersh: "The Redirection: Is the Administration’s new policy benefitting our enemies in the war on terrorism?"
Not very well, according to this article from Salon.com. Here's an excerpt: Perhaps most troubling, the Army seems bent on denying that the stress of war has caused the soldiers' mental trauma in the first place. (There is an economic reason for doing so: Mental problems from combat stress can require…
When I see how this war of words is going on, it depresses me. As reported by DailyKos: The GOP is trying to frame Murtha's plan of requiring improved troop readiness as the exact opposite. According the GOP: Murtha's plan is to "cut funding", is a "strategy to pull the…
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…
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…