When will this madness end?
Aren’t things supposed to be going better in Iraq? Actually, I haven’t heard a whole lot about the war in recent weeks. The Clinton / Obama duke-out has pretty much been given top billing by the media.

AP IMPACT: Number of disabled veterans rising
WASHINGTON (AP) — Increasing numbers of U.S. troops have [...]

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“information based on speculation” Guess all those accusations Petraeus and Co. are making are “speculation. They keep saying they have proof……another lie.

The Iraqi government seemed to distance itself from U.S. accusations towards Iran Sunday saying it would not be forced into conflict with its Shiite neighbor. And Prime Minister Nouri [...]

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My friends, I will have an energy policy that we will be talking about, which will eliminate our dependence on oil from the Middle East that will — that will then prevent us — that will prevent us from having ever to send our young men and women into conflict again in the Middle East.
-John [...]

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If the warmongering, Bush-wanna-be John McCain wins in November, you have to wonder just how high this number is going to climb in the next four years. You have to wonder where WE will be in four years!

Bush details $70B war funding request
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Bush has sent lawmakers a $70 billion request to [...]

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Here’s a roundup of “Mission Accomplished“……. 5 years later. H/T Dear Kitty for the photo.
JUAN COLE: 5 Years after Mission Accomplished; April US Troop Toll 50 Killed;
1,073 Iraqis Killed this Month. Memorable phrases from Bush’s speech 5 years ago.
DAILY KOS: Another mission NOT accomplished
HUFFINGTON POST: Mission Accomplished banner reminder [...]

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Our troops deserve better than this! For all his talk, you would think McCain would know better. This is so tragic.
I really thought John McCain was a better man than this. But he’s no different than your typical republican scum. These men will continue to suffer… to do without… in the name of shitty republican [...]

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Troop Deaths in Iraq Hit 7-Month High

The U.S. military suffers its highest monthly death toll since September. The military says 47 troops were killed in April.

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The thing about this is, NOW congress people are saying Iraq is not doing enough and have to contribute more to reconstruction. Yah…..it’s the Iraqi’s fault you dumb fucks voted to let Bush TOTALLY DESTROY their country. It’s the Iraqi’s fault that the U.S. hired contractors who did a shitty fucking job. [...]

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Bush can do whatever the hell he wants. But if Petraeus doesn’t follow a direct order by the next president, then out on his ear he goes!

Petraeus promotion keeps nation on its war course
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Bush is promoting his top Iraq commander, Army Gen. David Petraeus, and replacing him with the general’s recent [...]

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In need of more military-related outrage?

Sole surviving son denied health benefits post-Iraq
FRESNO, Calif. - Forced to leave the combat zone after his two brothers died in the Iraq war, Army Spc. Jason Hubbard faced another battle once he returned home: The military cut off his family’s health care, stopped his G.I. educational subsidies and wanted [...]

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Maybe we should draw down some troops? Or maybe we should surge? Hell, I’m confused:

More than 50 killed by car bombs in Iraq
BAGHDAD - Car bombs ripped through crowded areas at lunch hour in the former Sunni insurgent strongholds of Baqouba and Ramadi on Tuesday as more than 50 people were killed in one of [...]

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Well now he’s gonna be good and pissed……..

Militants in Iraq killed on Friday the brother-in- law of radical Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr in the city of Najaf, some 180 kilometres south of the capital Baghdad, Sadrist sources said.
Sources in al-Sadr’s office told Deutsche Presse-Agentur dpa that Riyad al-Nuri, one of al-Sadr’s closest aides, [...]

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