What’s actually new about President Bush’s so-called new Iraq strategy? Not the troop increase; we’ve had that many troops in Iraq before. Not the “clear, hold, build” strategy; as Gen. Wesley Clark schooled Sean Hannity, that’s been the stated strategy for more than a year now. Crooks and Liars provides chapter and […]
From a GQ interview with Senator Chuck Hagel:
GQ: Do you wish you’d voted differently in October of 2002, when Congress had a chance to authorize or not authorize the invasion?
Hagel: Have you read that resolution?
GQ: I have.
Hagel: It’s not quite the way it’s been framed by a lot of people, as a resolution […]
From the latest Newsweek poll:
The president’s approval ratings are at their lowest point in the poll’s history — 30 percent — and more than half the country (58 percent) say they wish the Bush presidency were simply over, a sentiment that is almost unanimous among Democrats (86 percent), and is shared by a clear majority […]
Once again the US military in Iraq (USMI, for short) has been forced to go: “Ha, ha, we lied to you (yet again), and we got caught fair and square (yet again).”
Jan. 21: Telling a Lie
Five U.S. soldiers were killed and three wounded yesterday while repelling an attack on the Provincial Joint […]
Defense Secretary Robert Gates on January 11:
The increase in military forces will be phased in. It will not unfold overnight. There will be no D-Day. It won’t look like the Gulf War. The timetable for the introduction of additional U.S. forces will provide ample opportunity early on and before many of […]
Which do you think George Bush regrets more bitterly: invading Iraq or the CIA sending Joe Wilson to Niger?
Sen. Orrin Hatch:
“I really don’t understand Senator Hagel,” said Sen. Orrin G. Hatch (R-Utah.). “But playing around with resolutions when we all know we’ve got to stay and get the job done — that doesn’t make any sense. Most Republicans want us to win over there.”
Yes, we all know that, except for the 52% of […]
Remember the Senate Intelligence Committee’s so-called investigation into the possible misuse of pre-war intelligence on Iraq by the Bush administration? The one that kept offering deadlines and promising reports, but that somehow could never manage to get completed?
Sen. Jay Rockefeller, the new Democratic chairman of the committee, has come out and pointed the finger […]
Edwards Pushing Universal Health Care (WaPo 1/1/07):
Democratic presidential contender John Edwards says it is more important to invest in universal health care and lifting people out of poverty than to reduce the budget deficit.
Obama Calls for Universal Health Care (AP 1/25/07):
“The time has come for universal health care in America,” Obama said at a conference […]
Health Problems Pose Governing Challenge (The Politico, 1/25/07):
The average age of members of the U.S. Senate is older than it has ever been, according to Senate Historian Richard Baker. For many senators, advanced age is starting to show, raising questions about their ability to govern.
Until his retirement last month, former majority leader Bill Frist, R-Tenn., […]
