Plunderbund

I wrote about treason earlier in that the Republicans want to filibuster energy legislation that would decrease our reliance on Middle Eastern oil. How about preventing Arabic linguists from serving in the Army because they are gay? Treason? I think so. John Aravosis of AmericaBLOG has been in the lead on […]

Yesterday:
KABUL, Afghanistan - The deadliest insurgent attack since the U.S.-led invasion of Afghanistan in 2001 destroyed a bus full of police instructors at Kabul’s busiest transportation hub on Sunday, killing 35 people and wounding 52, officials said.
Today:
KABUL (Reuters) - At least seven children were killed in a U.S.-led coalition air strike on a religious school […]

(ht Blue Ohioan)
David Michael Green has a powerful compilation of facts on the Iraq War that will make anyone but the most staunch wingnut regret our current war. Most of us who have been against the war from the start will know this list. Nothing much new here, but it is good to […]

From yesterday’s NYT:
Three months after the start of the Baghdad security plan that has added thousands of American and Iraqi troops to the capital, they control fewer than one-third of the city’s neighborhoods, far short of the initial goal for the operation, according to some commanders and an internal military assessment.
We are basically seeing small, […]

The phrase “enhanced interrogation” has been used by the Bush Administration to justify the torture of Iraqi insurgents, often with the claim that since they are not uniformed military, they are not subject to the Geneva Conventions. This is not the first use of this kind of this kind of language to defend this […]

…that’s what we always have to do with our kids when it gets late in the day and they get crabby: make sure they get a nap. John was all crabby yesterday and began whining and crying about Iraq War funding:

[Translation: Not having enough money to kill ragheads makes me sad!]
Now, […]

Following on the heels of Bush declassifying reports on bin Laden and activities in Iraq so he could make a speech to the Coast Guard Academy, we now have a new strategy in the works. Yes, yet a new strategy.
Guess what this one includes? Negotiating with the terrorists! I shit […]

What’s wrong with this picture:

WHITE HOUSE (AP) - Trying to defend his war strategy, President Bush has declassified intelligence asserting that Osama bin Laden ordered a top lieutenant in early 2005 to form a terrorist cell that would conduct attacks outside Iraq, and that the U.S. should be the top target.
Renew the “why haven’t […]

Iraq is a huge bake sale benefiting al-Qaida.
A major CIA effort launched last year to hunt down Osama bin Laden has produced no significant leads, but has helped track an alarming increase in the movement of al-Qaida operatives and money into Pakistan’s tribal territories, according to senior U.S. intelligence officials.
In one of the most troubling […]

I first wrote about this here. Now we learn that though your average soldier will not be able to use sites like MySpace and YouTube, the “official” military will be able to. They have yet to answer bandwidth excuses to any satisfaction and this appears to be yet more stifling of the very […]

Retired General John Batiste had his consulting arrangement with CBS terminated due to his participation in a recent VoteVets ad. Think Progress notes the numerous excuses and backtracking that followed the announcement. They either can’t get their story straight or they never had one.
Keith Olbermann discussed this recently with the general and it […]

The latest ad:

Columbia, SC—A 20 ft. mobile billboard will circle the University of South Carolina’s GOP Presidential debate with the words, “Republicans, Mission Accomplished?” and “McCain, Mission Accomplished?” The billboard, sponsored by the Americans Against Escalation in Iraq coalition and the South Carolina Young Democrats will be unveiled at a press conference earlier that day.
Crazy kids. […]

First there was Batiste. Now there’s Eaton:

…if The President won’t listen, Congress must.
(ht Dave at PO)
Also from Eaton:
Eaton lamented that so many service members believe that conservatives “are good for the military.” “That is rarely the case. And we have got to get a message through to every soldier, every family member, every friend […]

An interesting Gallup poll hit the streets recently. Of particular interest is the breakdown by age of the opinion whether entering into war in Iraq was a mistake or not.
Did the United States make a mistake in sending troops to Iraq?
by age
Age:
18-29 Yes - 56% No - 41%
30-39 Yes - 48% No - 50%
40-49 […]