Tag Archives: Iraq War

What The Iraq War Left Behind

Posted on April 2, 2013 at 10:41 am by Bob Cesca

In addition to years of instability, there’s also birth defects and cancer: Contamination from Depleted Uranium (DU) munitions and other military-related pollution is suspected of causing a sharp rises in congenital birth defects, cancer cases, and other illnesses throughout much … Continue reading →
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Keep Your Anti-War, Anti-Choice, Anti-Drone Death Porn to Yourself

Posted on March 21, 2013 at 7:00 am by Bob Cesca

My Thursday column begins like so: Yesterday morning I was making my usual rounds through the blogs when I habitually clicked over to Andrew Sullivan’s site, as I do every day because I dig the insight, variety and brevity of … Continue reading →
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Paul Wolfowitz Blames Iraqis For Putting Up A Fight

Posted on March 17, 2013 at 5:47 pm by Mr. Brink

It was on this day in 2003, that George W. Bush addressed the country in prime-time to announce that weapons inspections have failed and we were giving Saddam Hussein 48 hours to leave the country and surrender his pistol for … Continue reading →
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Careful What You Wish For

Posted on October 23, 2011 at 5:30 pm by JM Ashby

Virtually Republican you found sitting in front of a camera today attacked the administration for finally ending the Iraq War, and Hillary Clinton had an easy rebuttal prepared for them. Maybe it’s because I haven’t slept much but I found … Continue reading →

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A Long, Strange Trip

Posted on October 22, 2011 at 5:00 pm by JM Ashby

Hard to believe it’s been so long isn’t it? Eli Clifton of ThinkProgress compiled a quick list of numbers summarizing the 8 years and 215 days since the invasion of Iraq in 2003. They don’t paint the entire picture, but … Continue reading →

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Goodbye, Iraq

Posted on September 6, 2011 at 5:23 pm by Bob Cesca

I think we can safely say the U.S. involvement in the Iraq War is over. Fox News is reporting that the Obama administration plans to withdraw all but about 3,000 of the more than 40,000 U.S. troops currently in Iraq, … Continue reading →

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Super Stupid

Posted on September 5, 2011 at 2:12 pm by Bob Cesca

Mr. Obvious David Gregory tells us why the Iraq War was unpopular: “I think that is a huge issue. I mean, I, I think, you know, the issue for President Bush was not just Katrina, but it was how the … Continue reading →

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Meanwhile, From Another Universe

Posted on August 30, 2011 at 7:00 pm by JM Ashby

Dick Cheney is not of this world. “I don’t think that it damaged our reputation around the world,” Cheney said of Iraq. “I just don’t believe that. I think critics here at home would argue that.” The only way you … Continue reading →

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