Ten years ago today, on March 19, 2003, the US began its invasion of Iraq. The following letter to George W. Bush and Dick Cheney is from a dying veteran of that war. . To: George W. Bush and Dick CheneyFrom: Tomas Young I write this letter on the 10th anniversary of the Iraq War … Continue reading Message to Bush and Cheney from a dying Iraq war veteran
“Obama is trying to pretend we’re not at war,” intones former Vice Pres. Cheney. Well, bully for Cheney. He got pegged as Darth Vader when he was in office, and now he won’t shut his trap because he’s the expert?? Doesn’t he realize how little weight former vice presidents carry in this country? Zero. When … Continue reading Cheney, go snarl someplace else
♦ That Alaskan woman whose initials are S.P. is going to “collaborate” in the writing of a book. A book! B-O-O-K. She can’t even remember which newspapers she reads. Her part in the collaboration will probably consist of autographing said book for the six people who still care she exists. ♦ Obama’s not going to release the … Continue reading I read the news today, but why?
November 14, 2005. That’s the date of my first post addressing the use of torture by the Bush administration. (Run a Pied Type search on “torture” to see the rest.) My mind was made up long before the current, increasingly heated discussion began. Suffice it to say that while the media, the pundits, and the … Continue reading Let the chips fall
The UK’s Guardian today published an interesting, detailed list of Barack Obama’s activities during his first 100 hours in office. It’s a good read; I have to admire the man who actually lived through it, doing everything on the list. Among the items I most enjoyed: 4 Then the words: “We reject as false the … Continue reading Determined Obama hits the ground running
On the off chance that you missed it, I want to repeat yesterday’s news from the Washington Post. A Bush administration official finally has said yes, terror suspects were tortured: ‘We tortured [Mohammed al-]Qahtani,’ said Susan J. Crawford, in her first interview since being named convening authority of military commissions by Defense Secretary Robert M. … Continue reading Torture: Will no one be held accountable?
