Iraq war

Although many NeoCons are tiptoeing around it, Cheney isn't. They all want to send American troops tonight for corporate profits in Iraq again but only Cheney is actually saying it on TV-- although 206 Republicans and 44 Democrats voted for it on June 19 when they opposed Barbara Lee's amendment to prohibit the use of funds for newer military operations in Iraq. 142 Democrats voted for the amendment and there were only 23 Republicans with the good sense (or guts) to cross the aisle and vote with them.

A new CBSNews/NYTimes poll was released yesterday showing that 50% of Americans say the U.S. has no responsibility to act on violence in Iraq. Even 42% of Republicans think it's not our responsibility.

Although the TV networks seem certain that lots of war talk from the unprosecuted war criminals who lied us into the Iraq War on their networks last time, is good for ad revenue, the American people are unconvinced by the same old arguments being trotted out by the same out neocons and drooling spokesmen for the war profiteers.And it isn't just Fox.

It may be inconceivable to you that there are any Democrats who favor getting involved in another war in Iraq, especially a civil war based on bitter religious insanity going back over a thousand years. But it isn't inconceivable to me. Blue America will have to start asking our candidates how they feel about it, although since they are all progressives, I', guessing they will all be opposed.

I was in my car a few nights ago and I heard a pompous asshole, Max Boot, on NPR, introduced as an Iraq expert-- he was an advisor on Iraq to McCain and Romney's failed presidential campaigns. I wanted to write down the load of crap he was spewing about how Obama is "losing" Iraq and I was especially eager to try to remember the nonsense he was babbling about how the Sunnis and the Shia get along so well. But I couldn't remember and I just let it pass-- until Thursday night, when Chris Hayes played the above compendium of McCain's colossal wrongness on Iraq.

The US massacres in Fallujah in the immediate aftermath of the war, which helped radicalise the Sunni population, culminating in an assault on the city with white phosphorus.

By William Boardman | Reader Supported News | May 14, 2014

What would you expect from powerful people, personal courage?

By William Boardman | Reader Supported News | May 14, 2014

What would you expect from powerful people, personal courage?

By John LaForge | CounterPunch | May 15, 2014

The US Army has awarded General Dynamics a $12 million contract to deconstruct and dispose of 78,000 depleted uranium anti-tank shells. The Pentagon’s May 6 announcement calls for “demilitarization” of the aging shells, as newer depleted uranium rounds are added to the US arsenal.

By John LaForge | CounterPunch | May 15, 2014

The US Army has awarded General Dynamics a $12 million contract to deconstruct and dispose of 78,000 depleted uranium anti-tank shells. The Pentagon’s May 6 announcement calls for “demilitarization” of the aging shells, as newer depleted uranium rounds are added to the US arsenal.