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[CURRENTBLIPS] It appears the U.S. will continue to occupy both Iraq and Afghanistan for the indefinite future, seeing as how the Mr. Nobel Peace Prize is in charge of the wars and, although more Americans want the U.S. to leave, it seems fewer are adamant about it as a political priority.
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[Mediaite] Iraq Troop | Withdrawal - MSNBC - Rachel Maddow | Mediaite: He carried out such anti-American and anti-corporatist policies as starting the process of nationalizing foreign oil companies in Iraq, withdrawing Iraq from the US-initiated right-wing Baghdad Pact (which included another military-run, US-puppet state, i.e., Pakistan) and decriminalizing the Iraqi Communist Party. Despite these actions, and more likely because of them, he was Iraq’s most popular leader.
[Google Trends Information] Last full U.S. fight band of soldiers leaves Iraq | Google Trends ...: Horse Soldiers: The Extraordinary Story of a Band of U.S. Soldiers Who Rode to .down" is an example in the Iraq theatre, and "Horse Soldiers .
[Sister Toldjah] Last combat brigade returns home from Iraq « Sister Toldjah: Sorry to sound all bitter-clingy on this, but it still rankles me to no end how Obama and Biden treated the issue of the war in Iraq both as candidates and now as President and VP, how they denigrated Bush’s efforts, and insulted our troops with talk of how Democrat policies were what turned things around there. Iraq is still an uphill climb at this point, but the shape they’re in today is far, far better than what things would be like if Obama, Biden, and other anti-war Democrats had had their way.
[Cafe Talk Aggregator] Fort Kafir | San Fernando Curt's Blog: Someday, when both houses of Congress and the White House gather on the steps of the Capitol to ceremonially burn what's left of the ol', dry parchment that is our outdated, small-time Constitution, it's conceivable few outside the Beltway will take notice. The rest of America will be distracted and emotionally drained by more important issues - future versions of the "ground zero mosque", Blago and death panels.
[War in Context] Fears of al Qaida return in Iraq as US-backed fighters defect ...: Sheikh Sabah al-Janabi, a leader of the Awakening Council - also known as the Sons of Iraq - based in Hila, 60 miles south of Baghdad, told the Guardian that 100 out of 1,800 rank-and-file members had not collected their salaries for the last two months: a clear sign, he believes, that they are now taking money from their former enemies.
[Crooks and Liars] BREAKING: Last Combat Brigade Leaves Iraq; Operation Iraqi Freedom ...: We reduce the number of "combat troops" in Iraq, but escalate in Afghanistan, build up our forces in Colombia, conduct war games off the coast of Korea, deploy nuclear-armed submarines to the Red Sea, expand our covert wars in Pakistan, Yemen, and Somalia, increase our covert military/intelligence operations into a total of 75 different countries, provide military aid to a nation, Israel, which is laying siege to more than a million human beings, threaten war with Iran, and establish a security force of up to 50,000 Americans for the State Department's ever-growing presence in Iraq. Oh, and that's not to mention the 100,000+ American contractors who will remain in Iraq for the foreseeable future.
[Dispatches from the Flying M] Dispatches from the Flying M: It's Over: However, none of that means that the American Soldiers fighting in Iraq--99.999% of them--did anything but a noble, difficult duty, and did it well. The Soldiers went after the bad guys and worked to protect the innocent, to rebuild a nation suffering under the boot of a tyrant and then with all its infrastructure demolished by war.
[several's clip log] If Americans knew how many trillions we spend protecting oil we ...: A few dozen Iraqis who worked at the Oil Ministry weregathered outside the American cordon, and one of them, noting the protectionafforded his workplace and the lack of protection everywhere else, remarked tome, “It is all about oil.”
[The Beacon] The Iraq War Is Over | The Beacon: It appears the U.S. will continue to occupy both Iraq and Afghanistan for the indefinite future, seeing as how the Mr. Nobel Peace Prize is in charge of the wars and, although more Americans want the U.S. to leave, it seems fewer are .
[The Daily Slog] Slatest: “A truly historic end to seven years of war.” When Bieger's 4th Stryker Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division left Iraq they became the final combat brigade from the United States to leave the country, making good on President Obama's promise to end ....
[Campaign For Liberty Blog] Campaign For Liberty ” Leaving Afghanistan Behind: So I say out loud to the World we live in I disapprove of these wars on the basis of Natural Law alone let alone the Rule of Law and those who work to carrie out this outrageousness should be sent to Afghanistan to stand trial for war crimes against humanity and be resolved of citizenship and not be allowed to call themselves Americans, because Americans believe in Life, Liberty and the pursuit of happiness or you are far from American.
[Balloon Juice] Balloon Juice » Blog Archive » Peter Beinart Is Shrill: Anyone opposed to the idea of having an Islamic community center complete with mosque somewhat near ground zero is a prejudiced, fearful piece of shit, no matter their noble or ignoble biographies. Second, I thought it was pretty obvious from the beginning thata huge part of the Bush Jr.
[Cafe Talk Aggregator] Photo of a Child in Iraq | Rutabaga Ridgepole's Blog: Doris Lessing wrote a short story called "The Temptation of Jack Orkney" in which an aging foreign correspondent and activist accept, though he mourns: the apparent inability of mankind to learn from its own history; and the unwillingness of his son to even try.
[Media In Politics] Media In Politics » Blog Archive » Newsweek Ranks U.S. the 11th ...: The effort took several months, during which we received copious aid from an advisory board that included Nobel laureate and Columbia University professor Joseph E. Stiglitz; McKinsey & Co. Social Sector Office director Byron Auguste; ... First there was the diversion of military resources and attention from Afghanistan to Iraq ” a draining, misdirected war and occupation that many believe never should have been launched. Then there was the long period of fiscal, ...
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