Pelosi Bows to Pressure, Backs Murtha

House Democratic leader Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-San Francisco), has bowed to pressure -- see here, here, and here -- and has announced she is now backing Rep. Jack Murtha's "out in 6 months" resolution on Iraq. Of course, Antiwar.com is not taking credit for this sudden...

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Fire Rumsfeld

The Cunning Realist makes the timely argument, working from this Rumsfeldian "epiphany."  Read the whole thing, but here's a quote:" For Rumsfeld to try to wish away an overwhelmingly indigenous resistance as if it were no more than a stray...

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Give Us A Break, Norm

The Huffington Post is headlining the latest congressional Democrat to find his cajones when it comes to the Iraq war, and they direct us to this Seattle Times story, which relates the "agonizing" of Rep. Norm Dicks (D-Washington) over the issue, and informs us of the...

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3 Americans Dying Every Day in Iraq

As the war in Iraq drags on, less and less attention is being payed to the daily carnage there. In addition to the hundreds of Iraqis dying every week, an average of three American troops are dying every day there. In the first 24 days of this month, 76 GIs have lost...

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Are Iran’s Arguments Sound?

Frequent contributor Jorge Hirsch writes:Iran dropped a bombshell with a full-page ad in last Friday's New York Times (Nov. 18, 2005, p. A11). It presents clear factual information and levelheaded arguments on what kind of nuclear program Iran is pursuing and why, and...

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The Third Strike

Arthur Silber has a thorough treatment of the latest in the Padilla case. There's good news and bad news:The good news is the Supreme Court will not have an opportunity in the near future to declare that the president has dictatorial powers. That's very good news in...

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Are Iran’s Arguments Sound?

Frequent contributor Jorge Hirsch writes: "Iran dropped a bombshell with a full-page ad in last Friday's New York Times (Nov. 18, 2005, p. A11). It presents clear factual information and levelheaded arguments on what kind of nuclear program Iran is pursuing and why,...

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