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• War Czar: Draft “has always been an option”

  Published: August 10, 2007, 7:00 pm

  Tags: Military Issues General, Lies The Lying Liars

  protected? Fat chance. The military in this country is stretched as thin as a Mormon virgin’s hymen. But a draft? No way, no how. Jackasses and elephants everywhere agree - when it comes to a draft - that’s the third rail of military politics. So, no, no, no, no, no, goddamit, no. No draft yet, but…well… You know,

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• Musings On Musharraf & Bush: Birds Of A Feather?

  Published: August 9, 2007, 4:36 pm

  Tags: Civil Liberties, Terrorism, Politics U S, Iraq, Politics Global, Military Issues General, 2008 Presidential Election

  men know how to use these issues to manipulate their political opponents. Musharraf and Bush are both “Commanders in Chief” of their respective military establishments and each is willing to use the military to advance their respective political ideologies…often with a noticeable level of inconsistency…and frequently

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• Political Strategy: The Pakistan/Musharraf Calculation

  Published: August 8, 2007, 6:53 pm

  Tags: Terrorism, Politics U S, Iraq, Politics Global, Military Issues General, Middle East, 2008 Presidential Election

  Keep a close eye on Pakistan…both in terms of Musharraf’s ability to hold power and also with regard to how the Democratic candidates frame their positions on handling the sensitive relationship. Bear with me while I elaborate. Reuters is reporting that the embattled President is preparing to issue an emergency declaration that may

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• Petraeus: 190,000 Lost Weapons A Clerical Error

  Published: August 8, 2007, 2:48 pm

  Tags: Terrorism, Politics U S, Iraq, Military Issues General, Iran

  to Iraqi security forces, General David Petraeus told Alan Colmes of Fox News Radio that the loss resulted from inadequate accounting practices. As I read the General’s contention, it seems that the U.S. military is arguing it lacked the means to record the serial numbers during the distribution process. “Some percentage”

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• Care to Answer the Question Now, Mr. Romney?

  Published: August 13, 2007, 12:15 pm

  Tags: Military Issues General, 2008 Presidential Election

  Iowa in a Winnebago to military service in Iraq. There was never any followup as to whether or not the Winnebago is up-armored, but there is no question that Romney’s remarks created a bit of a political firestorm for his campaign. It doesn’t really matter, because if the media wants Romney to receive the GOP nomination, it

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• Rootin’ Tootin’ Rudi “Rassles” Foreign Policy

  Published: August 15, 2007, 7:56 pm

  Tags: Terrorism, Politics U S, Iraq, Politics Global, Holy War, Military Issues General, 2008 Presidential Election

  that bring up the same issues again and again,” Mayor Giuliani writes in an essay published yesterday in Foreign Affairs. “It is not in the interest of the United States, at a time when it is being threatened by Islamist terrorists, to assist the creation of another state that will support terrorism.” In some of the

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• Numbers Game

  Published: August 18, 2007, 7:27 am

  Tags: Iraq, Military Issues General, Bush Arrogance, Lies The Lying Liars, Propaganda Catapulting

  So once again the Bushies are dangling the prospect of “troop cuts” in order to buy a few more Friedman Units until Bush can pass the whole Mess-in-potamia off on his successor. Of course these “cuts”, should they actually occur, would really just be bringing troop levels back down to where they were before the start of the

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• Opening The Files: 08/22/07

  Published: August 22, 2007, 6:09 am

  Tags: Iraq, Military Issues General, Spineless Dems, Republican Pundits Gone Wild, Bush Arrogance, Lies The Lying Liars, Propaganda Catapulting

  Catapulting Phony Ponies Last month, an op-ed in the New York Times prompted all sorts of media attention. Here we had two so-called “critics” of the Iraq war claiming the surge as actually working. Nevermind that these two “critics” were anything but. Nonetheless, the narrative was propagated far and wide in the mainstream

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• Debunking The Myth Of The “Troop Surge”

  Published: August 24, 2007, 5:31 pm

  Tags: Politics U S, Iraq, Politics Global, Military Issues General, Spineless Dems, Bush Arrogance, Propaganda Catapulting

  in traditional terms as a military offensive, the results will continue to be viewed in terms of victory or defeat. To change that dynamic, the Democrats need to frame it differently. I contend the surge should be portrayed as comparable to increasing the number of police officers in a large city in order to reduce a troubling crime rate. In

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• Escalating the Groundwork

  Published: August 29, 2007, 12:58 am

  Tags: Iraq, Military Issues General, Middle East, Bush Arrogance, Lies The Lying Liars, Iran, Dick Cheney, Propaganda Catapulting

  the public into supporting a military confrontation. So the Bush administration tried a new tact and decided to play on the fears of many of nuclear annihilation. After Cheney’s address, other members of the Bush administration from the President on down coached their statements in those terms whenever discussing the need to confront the

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• Carrying George Bush’s Water: GAO Shoots Holes In Bucket

  Published: August 30, 2007, 1:27 pm

  Tags: Politics U S, Iraq, Military Issues General, Middle East, 2008 Presidential Election, Bush Arrogance, Dick Cheney, 2008 Congressional Elections, Propaganda Catapulting

  findings to be offered by General Petraeus in September. To demonstrate the divide that exists between those who are carrying the President’s water and the GAO assessment, I decided to put one statement next to the other and allow the reader to draw their own comparisons and conclusions. From The Boston Globe: Good news, but not for

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• More Massaging

  Published: August 31, 2007, 4:38 am

  Tags: Iraq, Military Issues General, Bush Arrogance, Lies The Lying Liars, Propaganda Catapulting

  Almost immediately after a GAO report that showed Iraq’s leaders were flunking the benchmark test for surge success was leaked to the press, the White House set about to downplay its findings. According to the Bushies, the congressional report shouldn’t be given too much credit because it wasn’t grading on a curve. See in

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• Two Holes In The Head Count As One Per The Bush

  Published: September 7, 2007, 5:25 pm

  Tags: Politics U S, Iraq, Military Issues General, Bush Arrogance, Propaganda Catapulting

  goal posts again, and the military will come up with new ways to cook the books and claim success. I’m not sure how a civilized country viewed as the singular superpower in the world has become a banana republic…but I have my suspicions (*cough-Bush-cough*). When confronted with inane absurdity, I often turn to silly

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• Understanding The Bush Failures: Ask Colin Powell

  Published: September 11, 2007, 3:04 pm

  Tags: Civil Liberties, Terrorism, Politics U S, Politics Global, Military Issues General, Republican Incompetence, Middle East, Bush Arrogance, Iran

  us to avoid this war. The military presented its plans, and I was secretary of state, so it wasn't really my role, but I said it didn't seem to me that the plans called for enough force to impose our will or enough troops to deal with the problems that might come up. They were right for the first part, the capture of Baghdad. And I never

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• Shootin’ Thru The ‘Tubes

  Published: September 11, 2007, 3:46 am

  Tags: Iraq, Military Issues General, Middle East, Republican Pundits Gone Wild, Propaganda Catapulting

  of the Bush administration, General Petraeus seems to have forgotten the nifty little invention called “video tape”. He says that no one could have foreseen the progress in Anbar even though back in January a similarly ribbon and medal bedecked general was doing just that. He also says that it’s “premature” to think

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