Tag Archives | Iraq
The “Decider” was a Scammer. Who Knew?
Well, a lot of people knew that the justification for invading Iraq was a hoax and now they’re talking. Actually, they started talking to David Corn and Michael Isikoff for their book, “Hubris,” which has now been turned into a documentary to be shown on MSNBC tonight in the Rachel Maddow time slot (9PM E/P) [...]
As the Iraq war officially ends with the loss of 4500 lives at a cost of nearly $1 trillion
averaging over $10 billion per month and, of course, does not include the ongoing cost of caring for over 32,220 returning wounded…I wanted to give everyone a way to comprehend the staggering numbers that have bankrupted our country and divided a nation. How old were you a million seconds ago?12 days younger than you are [...]
THE PEOPLE WHO MATTER
By IrregardlessNH on October 14, 2011 in
Tags: #OWS, Afghanistan, aipac, Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Libya, Obama, Occupy Wall Street, Pakistan, Palestine, Somalia, SYRIA, yemen
We’re all dupes. For decades now, we’ve been gorged on propaganda, slogans, demeaning slurs, lies, fairy tales, dog-whistles, blaming minorities, blaming anyone but the true culprits, titillating distractions, magical thinking, and scripted political kabuki theater, while being starved for honest news and information by the media that our Constitution vested with special rights and protections [...]
Oh, no, there are no U.S. military burn pits in Afghanistan
Privatization aims to evade accountability by public officials. The burning of trash has been contracted out to a Texas company. You may recall this was a priority issue for Congresswoman Shea-Porter. That may account for why there are only twenty burn pits left in Iraq. But, there are 114 in Afghanistan and no-one to keep [...]
On Redistribution, Or, “Afghanistan Peace Dividend Stimulus Lotto? OK!”
By fake consultant on May 12, 2011 in
Tags: Afghanistan, Congress, economy, Environment, Green Energy, Iraq, Labor, Medicaid, medicare, Pakistan, social security, Somalia, war, War on Drugs, White House, yemen
They tell us we’re dropping about $10 billion a month in Afghanistan so we can catch that Bin Laden guy…but eventually, we’re gonna catch him, and as soon as we do you can imagine that folks will be wondering why we’re still over there – and I gotta tell ya, I’m one of those people. [...]
Spying!!! v. The Tedium of A Hundred Thousand Dead
By Dean Barker on November 29, 2010 in
Tags: Charlie Bass, George W Bush, Iraq, Judd Gregg, Wikileaks
Each succeeeding Wikileaks docudump leaves me “meh.” I think I finally know why. We lied about why we invaded a country, ending over a hundred thousand lives before their time, wounding many more, displacing more still. Our chief executive at the time goes on book tours. Senators like Judd Gregg leave the stage with full [...]
Why?
A graphic visualization of deaths caused by the Iraq war: The orange represents civilians fatalities. Likely over 100,000 lives ended before their time from an invasion that had nothing to do with 9/11 or WMD. More than that wounded. More than that displaced. Loved ones ripped apart. Families broken. Dreams destroyed. Why? And why did [...]
BROKEN POLITICAL PROMISES & CORRUPTION
By IrregardlessNH on November 5, 2010 in
Tags: ACORN, Afghanistan, bank regulation, HCR, health reform, Impeachment, Iran, Iraq, rendition, Somalia, student loans, TARP, torture, Wall Street, War on Terror, yemen
In 2006, a majority of voters – angry, disgusted and alarmed with our country’s direction under Republican control – swept Democrats to majorities in Congress. They were then lulled into accepting the Party’s self-serving rhetoric that if only voters delivered Democrats a filibuster-proof Senate and the presidency in 2008, they would be able to restore [...]
Credit Where Credit Is Due
Didn’t see this coming: One moment of dissent for Lamontagne came when the candidates were asked about the war in Iraq. Lamontagne, alone among the candidates, said he believed going into Iraq was a mistake. “We went on a false premise” that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction, he said. Thank you, Mr. Lamontagne, for [...]