Baghdad
A response to W. and the Democrats- by Greg Strid
I watched President Bush tell the nation, without the
slightest hint of emotion, that we should all just give
General Petraeus some more time to complete his
mission. He did seem to acquiesce a bit to public
sentiment by announcing that he planned to return
close to 6,000 troops by the end of the year, and he
mentioned the possibility of [...]
The Bush Follies- by Greg Strid
President Bush declared on Tuesday, “I understand there’s a debate…â€
and went on to explain that it is the other side, roughly categorized
as “people in Washington†who are saying “STOP†to the “surgeâ€, his
latest gamble to stabilize Baghdad and the tumultuous Anbar province.
Thirty thousand odd American troops, the backbone of this effort,
apparently arrived in full-force just [...]
War Politics- by Matthew Lahm
War Politics: Why the Democratic Party Leadership
is Right to Play Politics with the War in Iraq
By Matthew Lahm
Before even beginning, you must know that I braved
New York on that freezing cold day in February, 2003
to protest this war before it even started. I went to join
the tens of millions of people around the world who [...]
Hussein’s death sentence
The Iraqi High Tribunal found Saddam Hussein guilty just two days
ago of crimes against humanity, and was sentenced to death by
hanging. The court set up to judge him also allows for an automatic
appeal of the verdict. This will likely postpone the execution by a few
months, and has denied Republicans a great election eve [...]
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