War
It’s not a surge
Here’s your drinking game for the evening: count how many times Torture President and the bobble-head pundits use the word “surge” to describe the escalation of the war in Iraq. It’s not a surge. It’s an escalation. From Eric Alterman at the Center for American Progress: As Vali Nasr wrote late last month at TPMCafe—making [...]
Take a quick moment to sign this petition
Don’t just throw things at your television set. Sign this petition to block the escalation of the war in Iraq. MoveOn has already collected 160,000 signatures and is delivering comments to Congress every few hours.
Veterans Day/Armistice Day
The cease-fire that ended World War One was signed at the 11th hour on the 11th day of the 11th month in 1918. The holiday that commemorates this event is still referred to as Armistice Day in the U.K. but is now known as Veterans Day here in ‘Murka, where with typical American can-do-ism we [...]
I thought “skullfucking” was just an expression
It wasn’t the best day for the picture of a German soldier simulating sex with a skull to have appeared in the nation’s biggest newspaper. The outrage Wednesday about photographs of German troops posing with a skull in Afghanistan swept through parliament just as Chancellor Angela Merkel’s administration announced a major restructuring of the military [...]
Help me find the veil
From the Washington Post: Vice President Cheney offered a veiled attack yesterday on critics of the administration’s Iraq policy, saying the domestic debate over the war is emboldening adversaries who believe they can undermine the resolve of the American people. Are you ready for the veiled attack? Here we go: “Suggestions, for example, that we [...]
Rumsfeld forbade planning for post-invasion Iraq
In an interview yesterday in the Hampton Roads Daily Press, General Mark Scheid explained that he and other Army planners were not allowed to prepare for the post-invasion occupation of Iraq. (Scheid is the commander of the Fort Eustis army base, which — for any stalkers out there obsessively trying to determine my real identity [...]
The Amazing Power of Alcohol
Last week we learned that alcohol can transform a saint into a Nazi, causing him to suddenly embrace hateful shit that he’s never ever believed in his entire life, ever. Mel actually loves Jewish people, you see. He would never dream of blaming them for all the wars in the world. Why, he doesn’t have [...]
Israel bombs Beiruit, misses Rice
Freaky, huh? Actually the bombing seems to have mysteriously let up while Condi was in Lebanon, though heaven knows why. It’s not like the U.S. and Israel are in bed together on this thing: Lebanese officials have pleaded with the United States to pressure Israel for an immediate cease-fire, but U.S. officials said conditions are [...]
Everybody wants a cease-fire except you-know-who
U.S. Opposed to Cease-Fire With Hezbollah. I’d like to blog about this, but I’m afraid my blood pressure will cause my arteries to actually explode. The blood vessels will just burst and great fountains of blood will shoot out through my skin and spatter all over the wall, and then I’ll bleed to death. That’s [...]
The Logic of War
This was Wednesday: “Israel must respond with the necessary severity to this act of aggression… Israel will respond aggressively and harshly to those who carried out, and are responsible for, today’s action,” a cabinet statement said. This was Thursday: Lebanese police said 27 civilians, including 10 children, were also killed in a wave of Israeli [...]
