17 posts tagged “war”
just out of this world wonderful
(there are torrents for it around too)
Sorry i haven't posted in a while--work's been crazed...ugh....
if you want something done right...
Why is Congress so pathetic? Why aren't they listening to the majority of us? Why this non-binding shit? How many more have to die?
murderous acts to remain unpunished." -- Digby on Feith, lies, war, death -- and no punishment at all.
There is something terribly corrupt about a
country that will permit such unspeakable, murderous acts to remain
unpunished. ...
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You know your empire’s crumbling when one of their leaders comes to the United Nations and makes fun of your emperor, calling him the devil, and joking about smelling sulphur where he just stood. And though a few folks cringe, everybody laughs.
You know your empire’s crumbling when just about your entire military land force is tied up in a worse-than-useless war launched on the basis of complete fabrications, that every day is actually making you less – not more – secure from external threat.
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You know your empire’s crumbling when your reaction to that is to exacerbate the problem by enacting tax policies that massively increase further still the gap between the rich and the rest.
You know your empire’s crumbling when the predatory class has taken over your government and is stripping the country of everything not bolted down to the floor. And then it sells the floor itself, as well, to your rivals.
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They should rescind the Iraq authorization of force resolution (Lindorff's reference is to the earlier one, passed right after 9/11 -- both should be burned to a crisp), since Bush uses the authorizations to maintain that he already has authority to attack Iran (and anyone else he chooses). And they should pass resolutions stating that, if Bush attacks Iran in the absence of a Congressional Declaration of War (remember those?), that will be grounds for immediate impeachment.
And they should draft articles of impeachment NOW, just in case they need them. And they should publish them in every major newspaper, and read them on television every night. ...
Iraq War Grief Daily Witness Day 390
(graphic pic inside that link, but important to see)
-- he gave it to them good today: Hagel chided his fellow colleagues for being too concerned about the politics of their Iraq positioning. “If you wanted a safe job, go sell shoes,” he said. Hagel concluded that all 100 Senators have a responsibility to take a position on escalation. “We owe it to those men and women that we continue to send in that grinder.” Watch it:
