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Bush’s Popularity Seems to Benefit From Success of Troop Surge

Posted in Iraq, President Bush on August 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Should I be surprised this story only made it on Fox news? No.  I am used to it now. I won’t go into details of why or how, but I got a chance to meet President Bush for the second time last week. It’s just hard for me to imagine that some people out there, [...]

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Coldplay Frontman Chris Martin’s Naïveté Thinking Obama Will Transform America’s Image

Posted in Democrats, Iraq, Journalism, President Bush, Republicans, tagged , , , on June 20, 2008 | 2 Comments »

While looking around a local Blockbuster, I came across the newest addition of Rolling Stone. I saw Chris Martin on the cover. I really loved Coldplay’s first album. I bought it while serving in the military and wore it out, it was great work and a lot of military folks I knew loved them. But [...]

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Don’t take my baby Alex!!!

Posted in Democrats, Iraq, Republicans, tagged on June 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

For anybody who wants a quick lesson in modern propaganda. Please feast your eyes upon this work of art. In it, a mother tells the camera that McCain wants to stay in Iraq for 100 years and that he can’t take Alex from her. I know she was referring to when he is older, [...]

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Yet again, Another Example of President Bush Not Defending Himself Enough

Posted in Iraq, Navy, Peace agenda, Politics on May 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Present commentary: Not to sound like an unabashed apologist for the Bush White House, which I undoubtedly will, but I have been saying this for years: the “Mission Accomplished” banner was not Bush’s idea. It was in fact a banner for the US Navy’s carrier the USS Abraham Lincoln, signifying that their (the ship’s) mission [...]

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Let’s…

Posted in Iraq, Terrorism on April 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

 
Good news is often hard to come by out of Iraq. That is why this book is so important; it is not written by anybody with a particular agenda, he just writes what he sees. And what he sees is that there is a reason to be optimistic despite the turmoil.
Let’s ‘Surge’ Some More
By MICHAEL [...]

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Saddam didn’t support terrorism they say?

Posted in Iraq, Saddam Hussein, Terrorism on April 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Politically popular or not, people mispeak when they state that the Bush Administration lied about Saddam playing a role in 9/11. The administration never said he did. They did however assert that Saddam supported terrorism, and this is true. One must remember that back in the 90s al-Qaeda, meaning “the base”, wasn’t known as al-Qaeda, [...]

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