Tag: iraq
member name: Dave McGill
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May 20, 2007 11:24 AM EDT --
Is President Carter the only high level politician or ex-politician who tells it like it is?
He has been a constant and lonely voice reminding us of the plight of the Palestinians under the restrictive . . .
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May 25, 2007 10:14 PM EDT --
Yep, he said it yesterday at a White House news conference. His very words were:“You know, I would like to see us in a different configuration at some point in time in Iraq.”
Wow, that . . .
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July 02, 2006 02:46 PM EDT --
Karl Rove, Dick Cheney, their puppet, GWB, and other Republican Party shills, have evidently decided that the macho morons of this country hold the key to the upcoming elections.
In a new media . . .
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September 10, 2006 11:14 PM EDT --
Last week, the defense Department released the obituaries of 24 military personnel killed in and around Iraq.
Through last Friday, 9/8, total U.S. deaths have amounted to 2,662 in and around Iraq, and . . .
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December 20, 2006 05:50 AM EST --
The war in Iraq will likely cost the American taxpayers $170 billion this fiscal year, if Bush requests another $100 billion in February, as he is widely expected to. That works out to $19.5 million per . . .
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March 21, 2008 05:22 AM EDT --
President Bush might be excused for saying, as he did, that the success of the surge in Iraq has justified the war's cost. As the architect and the man responsible, his statement could almost be considered . . .
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May 19, 2008 05:43 PM EDT --
Think it's funny?
The next time you read that the national committees and the presidential candidates are spending close to one billion non-productive dollars in this election . . .
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August 23, 2009 04:44 PM EDT --
Less than two months since American forces in Iraq were largely removed from harms’ way, Army General Ray Odierno is now proposing to deploy troops in a northern territory that has been . . .
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January 31, 2007 01:11 PM EST --
This is the first in a series of columns that may question, challenge or disagree with much of what you might believe to be true. If that is the case, please keep in mind that this . . .
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August 21, 2007 11:58 PM EDT --
They operate with little or no supervision, accountable only to the companies or federal agencies that hire them to do their dirty work. According to a recent Associated Press article, “they have . . .
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October 03, 2007 02:29 AM EDT --
To paraphrase Alexander Pope‘s famous comment from his Essay on Criticism in 1709, a little foot-in-the-door is a dangerous thing.
And this is particularly true in politics. How many times has, . . .
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October 24, 2007 12:20 AM EDT --
The Bush administration is ratcheting up the rhetoric on Iran again. Whether that “old dog” will still hunt is yet another matter. What’s important, however, is that our gang seems to . . .
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June 06, 2008 08:31 PM EDT --
The overriding issue in the forthcoming election is not the economy, even though the rise in today's announced unemployment rate represents the biggest jump since 1986. It's also not about . . .
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November 13, 2006 02:11 AM EST --
I stretched back in the chaise and closed my eyes. It was a clear morning with the temperature hovering in the mid 80's. Lying in the sun, it was comfortably toasty and far preferable, . . .
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December 06, 2009 07:49 PM EST --
As the echoes of President Obama’s Afghan strategy begin to fade, the action in the battle zone is heating up. CTV News, Canada’s largest private news organization, reported today that a major . . .
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September 03, 2006 04:49 PM EDT --
Last week, the Defense Department released the obituaries of 19 military personnel killed in and around Iraq, ranging in age from 19 to 46.
Total deaths through Friday, 9/1, have amounted to 2,641 . . .
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November 12, 2006 03:20 PM EST --
Last week, the Department of Defense released the obituaries of 18 military personnel killed in Iraq, ranging in age from 19 to 42, and four killed in Afghanistan, ranging in age from 19 to 40.
Total . . .
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January 10, 2007 11:35 PM EST --
There are just three brief points concerning the president's speech tonight that, it seems, call into question the level of judgment - or the motives - involved.
First of all, it has been reported . . .
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January 13, 2007 01:31 AM EST --
Embedded in the president's speech is a possible roadmap of the future course of events here and abroad.
This new strategy will not yield an immediate end to suicide bombings, assassinations, or IED . . .
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September 05, 2007 12:11 AM EDT --
If there's any service we here at home can perform for the troops in Iraq, it is simply, but importantly, to be aware of the issues and to follow the debate this month as it unfolds. An informed electorate . . .
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