Doonesbury's War
Garry Trudeau is my newest hero. Don't miss this article on how one cartoonist is fighting his own war to support our troops.
"When I talk to wounded veterans, I usually don't ask them what they think the mission was. I don't presume, because their lives are wrenching enough without the suggestion that their sacrifices may have been without meaning. Moreover, if that is so, it will become apparent to them soon enough . . . The young men and women who we've repeatedly put in harm's way are paying the price for this misbegotten mission, and as long as it continues, I, like so many of our countrymen, must walk this strange line between hating the war but honoring the warrior. I don't know how long we can keep it up. . ."
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/20/AR2006102000446.html
(UN)FORTUNATE SON(S)
The U.S. military said 96 U.S. troops have died so far in October, the most in one month since October 2005, when the same number was killed. The spike in deaths has been a major factor behind rising anti-war sentiment in the United States, fueling calls for President Bush to change tactics.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/iraq
CHENEY ENDORSES WAR CRIMES
Dick Cheney, US vice-president, has endorsed the use of "water boarding" for terror suspects and confirmed that the controversial interrogation technique was used on Khaled Sheikh Mohammed, the senior al-Qaeda operative now being held at Guantánamo Bay.
"It's a no-brainer for me," Cheney replied.
But his remarks appear to stand at odds with the views of three key Republican senators who helped draft the recently passed Military Commission Act, and who argue that water boarding is not permitted according to that law.
"[It's] a direct affront to the primary authors of the Military Commission Act in the Senate - John McCain, Lindsey Graham and John Warner - all of whom have publicly stated that the legislation signed by the president last week makes water boarding a war crime," said Jennifer Daskal, advocacy director at Human Rights Watch. "This is Cheney ignoring the consensus of his own Pentagon," she said, referring to comments by senior officials that harsh interrogation techniques do not produce reliable intelligence.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15433467/
Here's how the rich get richer...
http://www.motherjones.com/news/exhibit/2006/05/perks_of_privilege.html
Remember those riots in Paris? Apparently they didn't exactly end.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,3-2414175,00.html
More Bu[ll]sh[it] from Dubya, FOX and the MSM is called out
http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2006/10/think_again_president.html
"When I talk to wounded veterans, I usually don't ask them what they think the mission was. I don't presume, because their lives are wrenching enough without the suggestion that their sacrifices may have been without meaning. Moreover, if that is so, it will become apparent to them soon enough . . . The young men and women who we've repeatedly put in harm's way are paying the price for this misbegotten mission, and as long as it continues, I, like so many of our countrymen, must walk this strange line between hating the war but honoring the warrior. I don't know how long we can keep it up. . ."
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/20/AR2006102000446.html
(UN)FORTUNATE SON(S)
The U.S. military said 96 U.S. troops have died so far in October, the most in one month since October 2005, when the same number was killed. The spike in deaths has been a major factor behind rising anti-war sentiment in the United States, fueling calls for President Bush to change tactics.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/iraq
CHENEY ENDORSES WAR CRIMES
Dick Cheney, US vice-president, has endorsed the use of "water boarding" for terror suspects and confirmed that the controversial interrogation technique was used on Khaled Sheikh Mohammed, the senior al-Qaeda operative now being held at Guantánamo Bay.
"It's a no-brainer for me," Cheney replied.
But his remarks appear to stand at odds with the views of three key Republican senators who helped draft the recently passed Military Commission Act, and who argue that water boarding is not permitted according to that law.
"[It's] a direct affront to the primary authors of the Military Commission Act in the Senate - John McCain, Lindsey Graham and John Warner - all of whom have publicly stated that the legislation signed by the president last week makes water boarding a war crime," said Jennifer Daskal, advocacy director at Human Rights Watch. "This is Cheney ignoring the consensus of his own Pentagon," she said, referring to comments by senior officials that harsh interrogation techniques do not produce reliable intelligence.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15433467/
Here's how the rich get richer...
http://www.motherjones.com/news/exhibit/2006/05/perks_of_privilege.html
Remember those riots in Paris? Apparently they didn't exactly end.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,3-2414175,00.html
More Bu[ll]sh[it] from Dubya, FOX and the MSM is called out
http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2006/10/think_again_president.html