How did a Democratic sweep of congress result in an expansion of troop levels in Iraq, now called the “surge”? At the start of the year, the newly elected Democratic majorities in Congress were vowing to rein in President Bush and dastardly Dick Cheney’s horrendous Iraq war policies. We would be out of that [...]
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 [...]
Initially, my intention was to write pen a rant that
would center on the mad-capped and continually
escalating mayhem that is being fueled by the
incompetent Commander in Chief of the good
ole’ US of A- and his band of un-merry, completely
warped cohorts.
But why add to the endless stream of ineffective
diatribes that flood the world’s web sites? Everyone
seems [...]