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Entries Tagged as 'Iraqi War'

What Will The Spinmeisters Make Of This?

January 4th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Wars

The Democratic spinmeisters will point to their ‘great leadership and decision making’ as the cause. And who knows what the Republican spinmeisters will come up with.

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Tags: Iraq War·Military Casualties·Politics & Politicans

Democracy In The Middle East – An Outsiders Pipe Dream

March 31st, 2009 · No Comments · Wars

The only ammo was gun powder and pieces of metal & chain. I asked why they needed such a big gun. His answer was “you know us — we’re always fighting with someone”. That’s the nature of those cultures’. They are going to always do battle with someone.

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Tags: Democracy·Middle East

New Book Says Bush’s Private Thoughts On Iraq War Differ From Public Statements

September 5th, 2008 · No Comments · The White House

September 5, 2008
The Facts
Bob Woodward’s new book, “The War Within: A Secret White House History, 2006-2008″, says “Bush maintained that U.S. forces were “winning”; privately, he came to believe that the military’s long-term strategy of training Iraq security forces and handing over responsibility to the new Iraqi government was failing”. Exerts from the book is [...]

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Tags: George W. Bush·Iraq War

Why We Won’t Use Iraqi Oil Surplus Money For Reconstruction

August 7th, 2008 · No Comments · Wars

August 7, 2008
The Facts
A report surfaced a few days ago that said Iraq had an $80 billion surplus from oil production and sales. That money is being invested, much of it in American banks and businesses, rather than helping in war cost and reconstruction. America continues to spend billions of our own dollars in Iraqi [...]

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Tags: Dick Cheney·George W. Bush·Iraq War·Politics & Politicans

Iraqi War Exposes Politicians Weaknesses

July 31st, 2008 · No Comments · Wars

July 31, 2008
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Until about four weeks ago the Bush administration was being arrogantly stubborn about when we would pull out of Iraq. Vice-President Dick Cheney even got a lot of negative press with his “So?” response when he was presented with the facts that the majority of the American people wanted to end the [...]

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Why Democrats Should Pass The $70 Billion War Funding Request

May 2nd, 2008 · No Comments · Wars

May 2, 2008
The Facts
Today President Bush asked Congress for $70 billion to fund the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. The funding would be a bridge that takes the war from October 2008 through the spring of 2009. The latest request would bring the total to $875 billion since 911. Of that amount, over two-thirds have [...]

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Tags: Democrats·George W. Bush·Politics & Politicans

How The Bush Administration Works – The Rumsfeld Story

May 2nd, 2008 · No Comments · Wars

May 2, 2008
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Time, in partnership with CNN, has published an article entitled “How Much Did Rumsfeld Know?“. The article is an exert from a book that Army General Ricardo S. Sanchez wrote entitled “Wiser in Battle: A Soldier’s Story“. Sanchez says that Rumsfeld showed him a memo in April of 2006 that Rumsfeld had [...]

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Bush Supports Iraq Screwing American Taxpayers

April 8th, 2008 · No Comments · Wars

April 8, 2008
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With the Iraqi government is generating hundreds of billions of dollars in oil revenues a year, the US is still paying not only for the war, but also for the reconstruction of Iraq. The US is paying the salaries of over 100,000 Iraqis who are working on construction while Iraq banks all [...]

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