thinkprogress.org - 1/9/2009
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Over the past few weeks, many Bush administration officials have begun rewriting history in an effort to burnish President Bush’s legacy. Following suit, neoconservative war hawk Richard Perle has taken the opportunity to polish his own record during the Bush years — mainly on Iraq. ...
Hegemony On Steroids--"The Neocons Couldn't A Dunnit!", Part 2
openleft.com 1/4/2009 — After the Iraq fiasco, the key to continuing neocon power was two-fold: First, disappearing the disaster. Second disappearing the neocons themselves. The disaster was disappeared by a series of rationalizations and redefinitions, the most ...
Changes
mudvillegazette.com 1/20/2009 — This week in the history of the Iraq war :
January 13, 1993: With Iraqi missile sites still operational south of the 32d parallel, and Iraqi troops making repeated forays across the newly demarcated border with Kuwait, President Bush orders ...
'So what?'
washingtonmonthly.com 12/15/2008 — 'SO WHAT?'.... I'd like to think those responsible for the war in Iraq would know not to take a lackadaisical attitude towards the consequences of that war. If only that were true. In an interview with ABC News' Martha Raddatz...
New Sign Of Progress In Iraq
riehlworldview.com 12/15/2008 — And no I'm not kidding, though it obviously won't be greeted that way. Yes, the shoe or foot is a sign of great disrespect in Islamic culture. So much so that Saddam had a stone doormat installed as a state insult to Bush, Sr. The US Army chiseled it ...
Say What?!
washingtonbureau.typepad.com 11/13/2008 — The Bush administration will soon be history, but that hasn't stopped its senior members from trying to rewrite history for the next couple of months ... and no doubt, long after. We were watching a video of CSPAN's interview with...
Meanwhile, Back in Iraq
corner.nationalreview.com 12/22/2008 — The number of daily attacks in Iraq has fallen almost 95% from levels a year ago. Also of note, the murder rate in Iraq in November was 0.9 per 100,000 people. That is lower than the rate from before Saddam was overthrown. For those keeping score, the ...
More Free Elections in Iraq
wizbangblog.com 1/31/2009 — If you want a sign of just how successful we have been in Iraq, note the little attention this story is getting. Iraqis are electing new provincial councils in the...
Cheney: War deaths worth it, 'I think so'
swamppolitics.com 1/14/2009 — by Mark Silva
President Bush has fessed up some of his mistakes, several in fact, in his final press conference.
But Vice President Dick Cheney is sticking to his story: The only mistake he can think of, in an interview airing on PBS this ...
Letter to President Clinton on Iraq
newamericancentury.org 12/15/2008 — January 26, 1998 The Honorable William J. Clinton President of the United States Washington, DC Dear Mr. President: We are writing you because we are convinced that current American policy toward Iraq is not succeeding, and that we may soon face a ...
On Victory
mudvillegazette.com 3/16/2009 — Continuing our 6th anniversary retrospective with a "dispatch" from Baghdad from October, 2007.
In our last episode... It IS VERY FREAKING NOISY IN A HELICOPTER AND I HAVE EAR PLUGS STUCK IN ALMOST TO MY TONSILS, but I figure if he wants to chat I can pop one out. I do. He's been in radio ...
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