Archive for the ‘Afghanistan’ Category
Thursday, June 19th, 2008
Don’t listen to those doom-and-gloom liberals. America does TOO manufacture something: Refugees.
According to the United Nations, the number of worldwide refugees went way up in 2007. The ongoing quagmire in Iraq is responsible for a large part of the increase. Afghanistan and Iraq were the two leading countries of origin ...
Posted in Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Middle East, World News | 2 Comments »
Tuesday, June 17th, 2008
Bagram, the prison most folks don't know about..and Gitmo, the one everyone knows about, have one disgusting thing in common:
Most of the men being held in these illegal prisons are not terrorists. I know, big friggin surprise, but there it is. From Jurist:
McClatchy reporters found that many of the 66 ...
Posted in Afghanistan, Middle East, Military, Politics | 27 Comments »
Thursday, June 12th, 2008
I've said this a long time ago, but it seems like we may be closer to it as of today. Specifically, we may actually have to let some dangerous folks go from Gitmo because the W, Rove and Co. has violated the rights of these people in a very egregious ...
Posted in 4000 KIA, Afghanistan, Al Queda, America, BIO, George W. Bush, Impeachment, Iran, Iraq, Iraq War, John McCain, Middle East, Military, Republican, Rove, Terrorism, War, World News, asshole, bring it on, cheney, conservative, security | 4 Comments »
Friday, June 6th, 2008
Every war is the same, and every war is unique.
They’re all the same in that they destroy in seconds what took people years to create.
They all destroy lives, families, communities, dreams, possibilities. They all squander
wealth and talent that could otherwise have done an infinite number of things to make
the ...
Posted in Afghanistan, GIs, Gonzo's Grab Bag, HERO, Health, Iraq, Iraq War, Miscellaneous, Patriot, Quagmire, War | No Comments »
Wednesday, May 14th, 2008
Presidential progeny usually get a pass from the press when they're young. No matter how you might feel about their parents, this is probably a good thing. Presidential kids have enough pressure on them without someone dogging their every move. Otherwise, the kind of 24x7 glare they'd suffer would be ...
Posted in 4000 KIA, 4000 dead, Afghanistan, America, BIO, Bush, Contributors, Current Affairs, George W. Bush, IDIOT, Iraq, Iraq War, Middle East, Political, Politics, War | 5 Comments »
Tuesday, May 13th, 2008
At the time that this article is written 4,071 American families have lost a loved one in the war that our nation is in. Many of the kids fighting in this war will eventually face the same politics that our troops in Vietnam faced. As someone writing from a liberal ...
Posted in 2008 elections, 4000 dead, Afghanistan, America, Campaign News, Democrat Primary, Democrat elections, Education, Election News, Homeland Security, Iraq War, Military, conservative | 1 Comment »
Saturday, April 5th, 2008
What should America’s foreign policy be?
I just finished “reading” “Charlie Wilson’s War.” I actually listened to the audio version of it on my way back and forth to work over the last week. I highly recommend it to anyone who wonders how our government works. The book details quite a ...
Posted in Afghanistan, Al Queda, BIO, Iraq, Iraq War, Middle East, War | 2 Comments »
