Shoot First And Ask Questions Later: Media Coverage of the 2003 Iraq War (Media and Culture)
Iraqi Mojo (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
The war has been huge for Iraqis, especially in terms of lives lost and forever changed by violence. For America the war in Iraq has also been very expensive. America's increased debt as a result of the war will only help China and other US creditors , whose US treasury bonds will no doubt be repaid with interest by our (Americans') kids and grandkids. The deaths of 4,365 American soldiers and tens...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | yesterday
Pay no attention to the Eurosceptics. Cathy Ashton's posting as EU 'foreign secretary' is a major post-Lisbon development The chorus of ill-informed and patronising calls of "Who?" that have greeted the appointments of the Belgian prime minister, Herman Van Rompuy , as the new long-term president (really chairman) of the European Council, and Baroness Cathy Ashton, as the new EU foreign...
Blue Jersey: Covering NJ like a rug (Free subscription) | yesterday
Message Man Frank Pallone, profiled. On equality, and on the fierce urgency of now Newark Councilman Ron Rice has some words for Sen. Steve Sweeney. Home rule still rules and other realities of the Christiezoic Period Chris Christie ran on the promise of lower taxes, and few specifics. He's counting on shared services and consolidation , but both are still hard sells in NJ. Not exactly what you said...
Jess The Dog (Free subscription) | yesterday
I have a vision...a set of 52 playing cards with Labour targets, including seats and majorities, like the US prepared for the Iraq War and the amusing response from the Stop The War Coalition. Cards 2-10 will be marginal target seats, and the JKQA will be ministers etc....often these will be marginal as well! The Joker will be Mandelson...
The enemies of reason (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
No, let's. You might be thinking: How can you possibly say that? But wait. It's important to get our prejudices out of the way first. We may well have views about Murdoch and his children, about what they stand for and the way they do business; but these aren't important when considering whether it's right that he should get everything he wants from our elected (and probably soon-to-be elected) representatives....
NewsBusters (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
Really, who knew? In what appears to be the opening round of a rearguard action against what leftists used to call "the good war" (only because they felt they needed to pretend they had pro-war bona fides to make their anti-Iraq War arguments look stronger to the general populace), the New York Times's Christopher Drew reported last Saturday for the Sunday print edition that sending more...
Iraqi Mojo (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
According to Saddam, James Baker told Saddam that Iraq would be taken back to the pre-industrial age of if he did not comply with US conditions. After 40 consecutive days and nights of bombing , the former Secretary of State fulfilled his promise. 'He takes personal responsibility for ordering the launching of SCUD missiles against Israeli targets during the 1991 Persian Gulf War, because he blamed...
Hullabaloo (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
Historical Amnesia by digby Eric Alterman offers a timely little history lesson for the villagers who evidently were in some sort of giddy fugue state during the Bush years and think that Obama came into office with peace and prosperity instead of a smoking wreck of an economy. He tees off on this obnoxious article in Politico in which they characterized the deficit as Obama's "spending spree"...
publishaletter.com (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
Dear Editor: Gordon Brown's nomination of Tony Blair for the presidency of the European Union is an insult to the people of Europe who opposed the war in Iraq. The fact that there is going to be a Commission of Inquiry into this war is enough to understand that Tony Blair is under suspicion for having involved Britain in a war that was started under false pretenses.
Baghdad Bureau (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
There was little enthusiasm among Afghan voters as President Hamid Karzai was sworn in for a second term.
Reputation, Reputation, Reputation (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/2737974/Blair-loses-EU-president-job-to-Rompuy.html So, Tony Blair hasn't been chosen as first EU President and the job has gone to the Belgian Prime Minister, Herman Van Rompuy. Although the former PM hadn't officially thrown his hat into the ring, he had clearly given serious thought to the role. The news that he has been 'overlooked' is welcome, as his profile...
The COLOSSUS OF RHODEY (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
Yep, that's right. Isn't it "un-American" to say that someone is not "really (insert race/ethnicity)" merely because they disagree with you? Isn't that like saying that someone is "un-American" because they disagree with the Iraq War? Or someone is "un-American"...
Think Progress (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
In April 2007, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) said that the war in Iraq was “lost” and that the surge was “not accomplishing anything.” Conservatives and war hawks ripped into Reid for the comment, calling it “reckless,” “disturbing” and “playing to the worst elements of the antiwar left.” One of the fiercest critics of Reid’s...
Dictionopolis in Digitopolis (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
Recommended reading: Dan Froomkin on the dilemma President Obama faces in Afghanistan. Excerpts: As it happens, in this case political reality actually diverges quite markedly from public opinion. The public overwhelmingly opposes the war -- 57 percent to 39 percent, according to the latest Associated Press poll. And disengagement from Afghanistan -- even though it's not even being discussed as a serious...
Human Security Gateway: All Updates (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
Iraq has made significant progress in defeating the insurgency and improving its security. The level of violence in Iraq is sharply lower than the levels that peaked in 2007. It is now dropping below average levels that existed at the beginning of the insurgency in 2004, and most of the violence related to the Sunni insurgency is now concentrated in Baghdad; and in Diyala, Ninewa, Salah ad Din provinces...
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burgess67h67 | 09/29/2009
MIAMI – Tim James apologized for being late. A rough day at work, said the Miami Heat's 1999 first-round draft pick. Vehicles broke down, problems flared up, and he simply fell behind. "It happens," James said. "Even here." Even on the front line of the Iraq war. A former NBA player who often wondered about his true calling, Tim James is now a U.S. Army soldier, a transformation that even many of the...
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