Author: BooMan

Libby and Grenier

I find it fascinating that Scooter Libby learned of Valerie Plame’s name from former Islamabad Station Chief Robert Grenier. Grenier was our lead Agency guy for the invasion of Afghanistan. He then came home and helped the...

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Google News and Anti-Islamic Speech

Since I am not remotely tech-savvy I have no idea how to get Google News to carry Booman Tribune articles. But a lot of sites have figured it out, including some of the most odious Republican blog communities. According to an...

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Thoughts on Foreign Policy

Chris Bowers has a great piece up about a renewed and concerted effort by the Liberal Hawks to marginalize the netroots. He takes particular note of a column by David Greenberg, wherein he draws a dichotomy within the party: The...

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Announcement on a Phased Withdrawal

I recently wrote that it was Time to Withdraw from Iraq because the swearing in of the new Iraqi government offers us the last best chance to leave under terms that might be considered less than disastrous. It now appears that...

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