Month: January 2007

I woke up this morning with a horrible thought. What if this proposed “surge” has little to do with Iraq’s security, and more to do with positioning troops for an eventual action against Iran? I started...

. I read this true story tonight in our local Dutch newspaper and I did not recall, nor could find a link at BooMan Tribune of coverage in the past two weeks. Many casualties of the Bush/neocon doctrine of pre-emption and Iraq...

Narrator: …. Once Upon a time there was a little boy whose parents and friends always called him “Silly”. Silly always lived under the shadow of his father, Papa Wanker, a very conservative politician who...

Good evening. This is the 37th time I have spoken to you from this office, where so many decisions have been made that shaped the history of this Nation. Each time I have done so to discuss with you some matter that I believe...

The more I live, the more I am convinced that morality and pragmatism are not opposed but, rather, the same thing. Doing the right thing is the same as doing the expedient thing. The opposite is also true: Iraq is a military,...