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British Troops Are Like: “We’re Out of Iraq, Cheerio”
(CNN) — British troops will begin leaving Iraq in May, more than six years after joining the U.S.-led invasion that ousted former dictator Saddam Hussein, Britain and Iraq announced Wednesday. The British mission will wrap up by the end of May, with the last troops withdrawing over the next two months, British Prime Minister Gordon […]
MoreDick Cheney is Fairly Pleased With His Eight Bloody Years
Ed Pilkington in New York guardian.co.uk, Wednesday 17 December 2008 01.19 GMT The outgoing US vice-president, Dick Cheney, last night gave an unapologetic assessment of his eight years in office, defending the invasion of Iraq, the US prison camp at Guantánamo Bay, secret wiretapping and the extreme interrogation method known as waterboarding. In his first […]
MoreHere’s a Fella (GW Bush) Who is Probably Responsible For Close to a Million Iraqi Deaths
Here’s a fella (GW Bush) who is probably responsible for close to a million Iraqi deaths and you’ve got assbite American media-types pontificating on teevee about how outrageous it is that this man, who has lost family members to Bush’s folly would be so full of sadness and anger that he would have the audacity […]
MoreAt Strange Welcoming Ceremony in Iraq, Shoes Fly and President Bush Ducks
BBC NEWS Shoes thrown at Bush on Iraq trip A surprise visit by US President George Bush to Iraq has been overshadowed by an incident in which two shoes were thrown at him during a news conference. An Iraqi journalist was wrestled to the floor by security guards after he called Mr Bush “a dog” […]
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