Author: Jeff Huber

Dick Cheney: Visions of Mushroom Clouds

Promoted by Steven D Dick Cheney is still up to his old tricks.  Two Sundays ago, in an interview with Bob Schieffer, old Last Throes said: The fact is that the threat to the United States now of a 9/11 occurring with a...

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Iraq: Fred Kagan and the Krazies

In a May 6 New York Times article, noted neoconservative and chief architect of the Iraq escalation strategy Fred Kagan said that lack of a Plan B is no reason to criticize the surge.  He argues that, in fact, “there...

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Two Words: Body Armor

“I’ve told many family I’ve met with, `We’re doing everything we possibly can to protect your loved ones.'” –George W. Bush, December 2004 Body armor is back in the news.  Again....

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The War Czar Friedman

Ray Crocker, U.S. Ambassador to Iraq, says Iraqi officials are now showing a “sense of urgency” about making progress on political measures.  But, uh, he warns that we shouldn’t expect any dramatic gains...

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Long Live the War Czar

Hey, boy, our problems in Iraq and Afghanistan are over now.  We have a war czar, ladies and gentlemen.  Happy days are here again. Lieutenant General Douglas E. Lute, active duty Army, has agreed to take a job that at...

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