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And how’s that war on poppies going?

And lest we get completely distracted by Iraq War III, here's some breaking news from the frontlines of America's longest-running war (going on 13 years): Afghanistan. As you know, this life-destroying, mone... Read more...

Political cartoon criticizing politicians for sending soldiers into Iraq

Egged on by the Hawks of Doom, Obama sinks America into a misguided war with the Islamic State

Should we be any less enraged because a Democrat is leading this fool's errand? Call me a starry-eyed idealist, but it seems to me that if you're going to send Americans to war, you ought to be clear on cert... Read more...

Surging in Afghanistan

Surging in Afghanistan The surge is on in Afghanistan! Unfortunately, what appears to be most effective is not the 30,000 additional US troops that President Obama has poured into this hellacious war in the ... Read more...

In Iraq, Obama says it’s over but it’s not; In Afghanistan, who wants to die for Karzai?

US troops are still dying in two Mission Impossibles At long last, it's over. In the pre-dawn hours of August 18--seven years, two months, and 18 days after George W strapped on a flight suit to peac... Read more...

What 8 years of BushCheney have done to the world

Wow, has it really been five years since "Mission Accomplished?" It seems like only yesterday that our Glorious Leader was strutting around in a top-gun outfit, cockadoodling about American prominence in the wo... Read more...

America to D.C. — Democrats included: We’re mad as hell and you’re not listening!

Stop making war, globalizing poverty, and trashing our Constitution IN A SEASON THAT SHOULD BE CONVIVIAL AND COMFORTING -- filled with family, friends, fun, spiritualism, good food, song, and high sp... Read more...

BushCheney really is planning to attack Iran!

With the encouragement of Democrats-from-Mars LOOK OUT--HERE THEY COME AGAIN! Bush & Buckshot are riding their little stick horses, waving the bloody flag of 9/11, demonizing another Muslim natio... Read more...

Where Bush’s arrogance has taken us

Living under the imperial presidency DURING HIS GUBERNATORIAL DAYS IN TEXAS, George W let slip a one-sentence thought that unintentionally gave us a peek into his political soul. In hindsight, it sho... Read more...

The Bushites have outsourced our government to their pals

There may be as many rent-a-troops in Iraq as U.S. military THE SPRAWLING $43 BILLION HOMELAND SECURITY DEPARTMENT (HSD) is known chiefly for being the agency in charge of America's color-coded terro... Read more...

Yet the war goes on…

■ 3,300 American troops and hundreds of thousands of Iraqis are dead ■ Rumsfeld said the Iraq attack would cost $50 billion. The tab so far exceeds $500 billion ■ Almost two million Iraqis have fled the c... Read more...

The Bushites’ betrayal of our troops and vets

The White House orders us to support our troops -- but they don't If hypocrisy were a drug, Washington would be the crack capital of the world. Congressional and White House leaders these days seem t... Read more...

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