What did we learn from the Iraqi War and what did it cost? [...]
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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. [...] 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. [...] 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 quoted in this Washington Post article. According to the book, in 2006 Bush asked Stephen J. Hadley, his national security adviser, to lead a closely guarded review of the Iraq war, but warned Hadley of the upcoming congressional elections. Hadley then told Condoleezza Rice “We’ve got to do it under the radar screen because the electoral season is so hot”. Continue Reading » » 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 reconstruction. Continue Reading » » July 31, 2008 The Facts 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 war and pull out. And there are numerous other examples of the administration thumbing their nose at the wishes of the American public. However, during this Presidential campaign season, the Bush administration and the McCain campaign is amending their stance on the issue of pulling out of Iraq. Continue Reading » » 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 been for the war in Iraq. $2 billion of the requested $70 billion would go to Iraqi security force. Continue Reading » » May 2, 2008 The Facts 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 written which said that he, Rumsfeld, has absolutely no knowledge that CENTCOM (Central Command) and CFLCC (Coalition Forces Land Component Command) was to be withdrawn from Iraq in May & June 2003, or that he knew that Sanchez was in charge after the withdrawal. Continue Reading » » |
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