surge - Dangerous Intersection

McCain gets it wrong about Iraq timeline

Post author:Erich Vieth
Post published:July 22, 2008
Post category:History Iraq Politics War
Post comments:4 Comments

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.

The “surge” is not working

Post author:Erich Vieth
Post published:June 21, 2008
Post category:Communication Iraq Media photography snake oil War
Post comments:12 Comments

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…

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

Post author:Erich Vieth
Post published:September 18, 2007
Post category:Iraq War
Post comments:1 Comment

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…

Anti-surge protest – St. Louis, Missouri

Post author:Erich Vieth
Post published:January 27, 2007
Post category:Current Events Iraq Politics War
Post comments:0 Comments

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…

Dana on About Those who Seek to Censor UsAbsolutely! 100%
Mr Natural on The Stoics and the Serenity PrayerExcellent point. Or, as the Steve Miller song exhorts, 'Wake up, wake up, wake up and look A-round y…
Anonymous on New ideas for sports competitionsunusual competitions
Anonymous on What would happen without public funding for family planning?law and social justice
Andrew Wahl on What Public Health Did that was not ForgivableSchools, such as Harvard University and the Ladue Public Schools, closed during the COVID outbreak;…
Paul on Jillian Michaels Comment on the Lack of Vaccine TestingMy wife and I have been talking about this to our families and friends for many years (prior to the…
Charles Crook on About Trump’s ElectionI agree and pray the opportunity will not be wasted but successful.
Andrew Wahl on The “News”A common word in the headline? Where has Vivek Ramaswamy been hiding from the world for the past ten…
Erich Vieth on Huxley’s PredictionSame impulse toward totalitarianism, but now equipped with powerful new tools that couldn't have dre…
Andrew Wahl on Huxley’s PredictionIt is not a "new kind of Totalitarianism" ... it is the same one we have had around since before Ald…