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Obama, the Truth Will Set Them Free

President Obama mentioned a soldier from the Army's 4th Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division, who stated that he wished those who are no longer here could have seen the withdrawal. In last week's LA Times, Ned Parker reported comments from the same Army 4th Brigade. One soldier, as they passed an Iraqi field said, "Saddam really hid those WMD well." Everyone laughed. Another said, "I have no faith in people whatsoever. Put two people in a room with a hammer and one of them will wind up dead." Parker's article is a cautionary tale that President Obama does not have the stomach to tell. He loves the troops, but like a father who can't admit that his son is in deep trouble and it may be from his parenting, neither Obama, Bush, nor the Pentagon will ever admit the deepest wound we have inflicted on our best and brightest. It is one thing to say a war is difficult and cost billions - it is not going well - it may not be won. It is quite another to admit to over 1.5 million volunteer soldiers as over 400,000 have already filed medical claims, that there was no mission, except to come home.

Peace Charade

Secretary Hillary Clinton allows cameras to document peace talks: Photos via Yahoo!/AP: Full Transcript (Script): PEACE CHARADE – A “Peace Talks” Parody Location: In Front of White House Setting Side-by-side: To the far right, standing around or sitting at a desk: Netanyahu Clinton in the middle Abbas To the far left, behind bars, in a [...]

War Criminal of the Week: Back to School with Robert Delahunty

War Criminal of the Week: Back to School with Robert Delahunty By Nancy Mancias Robert Delahunty was a Bush legal lackey who helped re-write the United States rules of engagement in a post-9/11 world. While working in the Department of Justice, Delahunty co-wrote legal opinions on interrogation, detention and extraordinary rendition with his partner in [...]

CODEPINK Looking for DC Intern Focusing on Palestine Work

About CODEPINK CODEPINK is grassroots peace and social justice group that seeks positive social change through proactive, creative protests, and non-violent direct actions.  For the past eight years, CODEPINK activists have organized to end the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, stop a new war with Iran, and support a peaceful solution to the Israel/Palestine struggle [...]

War Criminal of the Week: Erik Prince, the Great Escape Artist

By Nancy Mancias “I interned with the Bush administration for six months. I saw a lot of things I didn’t agree with — homosexual groups being invited in, the budget agreement, the Clean Air Act, those kind of bills. I think the administration has been indifferent to a lot of conservative concerns.” - 22-year old [...]

Karl Rove, Bringin’ Home the Bacon

$35,000 can buy you a luxury car, the world’s biggest “I’m sorry we discriminated against you” card, a college education and about a million other things INCLUDING a night with Karl Rove. For $35,000, the former top Bush Aide (aka Bush’s Brain, Turdblossom) will come and speak at your school, community center (though likely not [...]