Los Angeles, CA - Progressive Caucus of the California Democratic Party Annual Convention -- 4/17/2010
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Well, we finally got that Iraq thing done, right?
On the last day of June, the U.S. commander in Iraq transferred military authority to the government of Prime Minister Nuri... [read more]
Hi-ho, hi-ho, it's off to war we go!
As President Barack Obama begins winding down the Bush war in Iraq, he is building up his own war farther east. We're told that it will be a new, expanded, extra-special American adventure in Afghanistan, involving a vigorous surge strategy to "stabilize" this perpetually unstable land.
Not only is war hell, it is hellishly stupid. Wars tend to be run by smart people who do stupid things.
Take the gross stupidity of cluster bombs, which America’s political... [read more]
America might be mired in a Gulf War, but it’s golf that seems to be on the minds of the Bushites. Here's the three-part story.
First comes George W himself. A... [read more]
George W keeps telling us that America is at war. But if were at war, he
wouldn’t need to tell us, for we’d be fully engaged in the national effort.
In... [read more]
When it comes to his war in Iraq, George W keeps telling us that failure is not an option.
However, when it comes to the privatized army of Halliburtons,... [read more]
Want the U.S. out of Iraq before year's end? Or maybe next year? Or even four years from now?
If George W and his backers have their way, you can forget... [read more]
The Bushites are trying to intimidate us and keep us from speaking our minds -- but the women of CodePink are fighting back.
THE PENTAGON'S "INVINCIBLE" DRONES
The people our troops are battling in Afghanistan and Pakistan might be diabolical fanatics willing to use such crude terrorist tactics as suicide bombers – but the one thing we've got that they can't match... [read more]