Three more names have just been added to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington DC—thirty-two years after the war ended. One was actually killed by "friendly fire" in 1966. The other two died recently from wounds they received during the Vietnam War. There are...
A Wedding Made in Iraq
I don't think this is the wedding picture this couple had in mind when they were engaged before the young man was sent to Iraq. One of the Republican presidential candidates said during the debate that a few thousand U.S. troops have been wounded in Iraq. The official...
The President of Iran Is Not Hitler
He is worse than Hitler, at least according to Victor Davis Hanson and the Friends of Israel Gospel Ministry. We already knew that Hanson was a crazed warmonger, but in a speech earlier this year at a Hillsdale College National Leadership Seminar (as reported in...
War Brings out the Worst in Everyone
Seventy female U.S. soldiers have now been killed fighting in Iraq, and at least 450 have been wounded. This comes as no surprise since over 160,000 female soldiers have served in the Middle East and Afghanistan since the war began. But in addition to dodging bullets...
The Architects of War: Where Are They Now?
From Think Progress, here is a brief, but very well done, examination of what the architects of the Iraq war are doing now. Covered are Wolfowitz, Feith, Hadley, Perle, Abrams, Wurmser, Natsios, Bartlett, Daniels, Tenet, Powell, Rumsfeld, Rice, Cheney, and Bush.
Ron Paul Interview
There is an interview with the only real anti-war candidate, Ron Paul, in the new issue of The New American. An excerpt can be read here.
Putin Again
Regarding Putin, NPR ran an anti-Putin story today in which it was stated: "Parliament is now dominated by a pro-Putin majority that speeds through Kremlin-issued legislation, often too quickly for deputies even to read new bills." I don't know why this is so...
Robert Byrd on Bush’s Troop Surge Plan
Long-time opponent of the war in Iraq, Senator Robert Byrd, recently remarked about Bush's troop surge plan: "At the outset of this war, the Bush administration believed, apparently, that democracy could be exported through the barrel of a gun. That belief was wrong...
Colin Powell Gets It Right
At least this time he does. The former Secretary of State recently said on CBS's "Face the Nation": "I am not persuaded that another surge of troops into Baghdad for the purposes of suppressing this communitarian violence, this civil war, will work."
Can Anyone Stop This War?
Bush's order for 20,000 more troops to be sent into the Iraq quagmire has resulted in some additional calls to end this evil war. But who can stop it? Can anyone stop it? Because there is only serious opposition from a few members of Congress, the war will continue...