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Note that there were two previous "surges." One at the end of 2004 [during the election] and another in late 2005. The second was presumabely because of increased violence. I guess you could call that hump in late 2006 a "surglet." The graphs [from Petraeus last September and the Brookings Institute] make it clear that […]
Last night, my blogging capacity "died." The Program that I’ve used since I started just stopped working. Throughout the day today, I had two windows open – one watching the Hearing on MSNBC, and another scouring the Internet forums for a solution. I reinstalled this and that, cursed under my breath, lost some hair, and […]
Watching the Hearings today was exhausting. I felt kind of proud of everyone that was there except for a couple of Bush Clone Republicans and, of course, Joe Lieberman [who outdid himself as an obnoxious, self righteous jerk]. Petraeus and Crocker seem sensible when they speak, but their fundamental line is basically unchanged from the […]
William J. Haynes II: Haynes, Armed Services, Perjury?, emptywheel, April 8, 2008 Rigged Trials at Gitmo, The Nation, February 20, 2008 An Injudicious Nominee, New York Times, March 23, 2004 Torture Lawyer in the Crosshairs, Harper’s, April 7, 2008 We’ll hear more. He’s a genuine dark player – and he tells lies…
After days of thinking the current violence in Iraq war an American Operation against Moqtada al-Sadr, I apologized for being paranoid when Crocker said otherwise. I take it back. I unapologize! Hundreds of Iraqis flee Baghdad. At least 14 Iraqi civilians were killed in clashes in Baghdad today; nine of the casualties occurred in […]
Siegelman: Rove needs to testify about my case Last night, CBS’s 60 Minutes followed-up on the case of Don Siegelman, who was released from prison recently after an appeals court said his conviction “raised substantial questions of law or fact.” The former Alabama governor said that Karl Rove had “accomplished his goal” of ending his […]
The War in Afghanistan: A just War. Our Cassus Belli was a regime that had given haven to and supported Osama bin Laden who bombed New York. Their government is now reasonably stable. In spite of continued resistance, our NATO allies continue to support this war. The War in Iraq: An unjust War. Our Cassus […]
from Firedoglake: Lessons Not Learned Last week, Maliki and his cronies were blocked by Sadr’s fighters. This week, US forces are taking their place, maintaining a seige force around Sadr City and attempting to defeat Sadr’s Mahdi army with both air strikes and sweeps into this Baghdad nationalist stronghold. Reports of air strikes on Sadr […]
After a ton of rain, we finally have a pretty day. In the 60’s. Spring beginning to show all around. I’m sitting outside, but the door’s open. On the t.v., which I can sort of hear, Bush at War is playing out the early part of the war. They’re talking about the C.I.A. and Rumsfeld […]