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LA IMChttp://la.indymedia.org/news/2008/05/217830.php [LA IMC] will moderate a forum on Iraq and Middle East Peace with Iraqi reconstruction activist Raed Jarrar, former US diplomat Col. (Ret.) Ann Wright, and Edgar Cuevas, a member of Iraqi Veterans Against the War.

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Untitledhttp://forums.corvetteforum.com/showthread.php?t=2035892 [Untitled] How Bush Sold the War: - "If the President ignores this altogether and then implies that the war's rationale was not the terrorism/state sponsorship/WMD nexus but rather democracy for Iraqis, the critics may say that he is changing the subject or rewriting history."

Political Forum - US & World Political Discussion Forumshttp://www.politicsforumpoliticalworld.com/2008-election/13747-mccain-obama-lets-go-iraq.html [Political Forum - US & World Political Discussion Forums] McCain to Obama.."lets go to Iraq.": "He really has no experience or knowledge or judgment about the issue of Iraq and he has wanted to surrender for a long time," the Arizona senator added. "If there was any other issue before the American people, and you hadn't had anything to do with it in a couple of years, I think the American people would judge that very harshly."

Corvette Forumhttp://forums.corvetteforum.com/showthread.php?t=2035878 [Corvette Forum] McCain says he and Obama should visit Iraq together: McCain, who wrapped up the GOP nomination in March, supports continued military presence in Iraq though he recently said he envisions victory with most U.S. troops coming home by January 2013 if he's elected. Obama, who has all but clinched the Democratic nomination, says he will remove U.S. combat troops within 16 months of taking office, though sometimes he shortens it to 11 months.

Political Forum - US & World Political Discussion Forumshttp://www.politicsforumpoliticalworld.com/middle-east/13743-faltering-troop-support-iraq-war.html [Political Forum - US & World Political Discussion Forums] Faltering troop support of Iraq war.: In order to retain troop numbers, stop-loss orders are in place. Without this back-door draft measure, present troop numbers could not be sustained to fight the Bush/McCain war.

Political Forumhttp://www.politicalforum.com/latest-world-news/36380-australian-troops-want-see-real-action-iraq.html [Political Forum] Australian troops want to see real action in Iraq: Hammett said a constant question being asked in Australian barracks and messes is: "Why, in an era of global operations and unity of purpose against common enemies, are Australian infantrymen conspicuously absent from the fighting, whilst our allies are engaging in sustained combat operations?

Soy Chicano Forumshttp://www.soychicano.com/forums/showthread.php?t=41293 [Soy Chicano Forums] Memories of Iraq haunted soldier until suicide: At his family's behest, he finally sought counseling at a hospital near Fort Campbell. He later told his sister the waiting room was full of soldiers who went in for 10-minute visits with a psychiatrist and came out with prescriptions for pills.

Ultimate Online Forumshttp://www.uoforums.com/f1524/mccain-sick-heart-over-mistakes-iraq-war-44454/ [Ultimate Online Forums] McCain "sick at heart" over mistakes in Iraq war: Forum: World News (Automated feeds.) Posted By: The Oracle Post Time: 26-05-2008 at 01:40 PM.

Corvette Forumhttp://forums.corvetteforum.com/showthread.php?t=2035893 [Corvette Forum] Iraq has changed. Why can't the Democrats?: Wrong again, because (a) despite early missteps the Iraqi army had control of Basra within a couple of weeks, and (b) any precipitous, politically calculated American withdrawal would clearly lead to more violence, not less. What is new is that Petraeus's strategy and tactics, his patience and expertise, have succeeded and now allow some of the surge brigades to return home without replacement--and without a spike in killing.

SWJ Bloghttp://smallwarsjournal.com/blog/2008/05/26-may-swj-news-oped-events-bl/ [SWJ Blog] 26 May SWJ News, Op-Ed, Events & Blog Roundup: What has been learned about such conflicts from operations in Iraq and Afghanistan may to some degree be transferable to conflicts in other regions. Assuming that the international community may well face future operations characterized by regional, borderless “wars among the people”, the centres at Queen’s University and their partners propose convening a distinguished group of approximately 200 experts from academic, military, governmental, and international institutions to examine how best to prepare commanders, military units and governments to plan for and conduct complex, multi-dimensional stability campaigns in this new environment.

Buckeye State Blog - Pamphleteers of the Revolutionhttp://www.buckeyestateblog.com/oh_16_senator_john_boccieri_salutes_troops_and_military_families_in_national_democratic_radio_addr [Buckeye State Blog - Pamphleteers of the Revolution] OH-16: Senator John Boccieri Salutes Troops and Military Families ...: As we spend billions on the war, hardworking middle class Americans are losing their jobs, paying more for food and gas, and going without health care.American families are frustrated with unfair trade agreements that have cost Americans tens of thousands of good paying jobs. We need a change so that our troops can return to a robust and vibrant economy.

Allen L Roland's Radio Weblog[Allen L Roland's Radio Weblog] HILLARY STILL PANDERING TO PRO-WAR AIPAC: the fat cats of America's Pro-Israel Lobby( AIPAC ) who recently booed Nancy Pelosi when she said the democratic party opposed the war with Iraq but obviously can count on Hillary who could care less that  77% of American Jews oppose the war ~ the second highest percentage of any religious group in this country: Allen L Roland

Violetixxursula's Webloghttp://violetixxursula.wordpress.com/2008/05/24/christly-scandal-save-iraq-dissolve-35/ [Violetixxursula's Weblog] Christly scandal save Iraq, dissolve 35: The tug-of-war enshrines values and structures that must benefactor Iraq’s democratization, exactly correspondingly its rapt sedulousness, straightforwardness and go. Alter ego contains an undeceived syllogistic reasoning re general values and Iraqi traditions.

Nukes & Spooks[Nukes & Spooks] Could blogs help the military in Iraq?: No one decries “Braveheart” as being an anti-American movie, but if that movie were released today, the political right would get overly sensitive and assume Hollywood was interjecting anti-Iraq war sentiments, because the hero is fighting against an occupying force. The occupiers are seen as brutish, raping, corrupted and abusive thugs, while the Scots are pastoral, and who are only fighting because they’ve been pushed too far.

Joe Goldeen's blog[Joe Goldeen's blog] Why are Iraq war veterans killing themselves?: Jerry McNerney, D-Pleasanton, is pressing for answers on the horrendous issue of suicide among returning veterans from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. In 2005, there were 6200 suicides among veterans.

SWJ Bloghttp://smallwarsjournal.com/blog/2008/05/21-may-swj-news-oped-events-bl/ [SWJ Blog] 21 May SWJ News, Op-Ed, Events & Blog Roundup: What has been learned about such conflicts from operations in Iraq and Afghanistan may to some degree be transferable to conflicts in other regions. Assuming that the international community may well face future operations characterized by regional, borderless “wars among the people”, the centres at Queen’s University and their partners propose convening a distinguished group of approximately 200 experts from academic, military, governmental, and international institutions to examine how best to prepare commanders, military units and governments to plan for and conduct complex, multi-dimensional stability campaigns in this new environment.

Gorillamask Forumshttp://forum.gorillamask.net/showthread.php?t=60876 [Gorillamask Forums] IRAQ: McCain...war will be won and troops will be home by 2013: Just last month, McCain said that "to promise a withdrawal of our forces from Iraq, regardless of the calamitous consequences to the Iraqi people, our most vital interests, and the future of the Middle East, is the height of irresponsibility. It is a failure of leadership.''

Biodun Iginla's Webloghttp://bioduniginla.wordpress.com/2008/05/13/world-renowned-philosopher-slavoj-zizek-on-the-iraq-war-the-bush-presidency-the-war-on-terror-more/ [Biodun Iginla's Weblog] World Renowned Philosopher Slavoj Zizek on the Iraq War, the Bush ...: SLAVOJ ZIZEK: I think that this is a deeper problem, in the sense that, of course, it would be easy to say they need each other, and I agree, at some level of ideological functioning. If you were to ask me to do a simple caricature for a journal, I would do it””you know that famous Escher paradoxical drawing of one hand drawing””two hands drawing each other?

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