Today, on the 8th anniversary of the invasion of Afghanistan, the Senate passed the 2010 Defense Budget with 93 yays to 7 nays. The bill allocates $128 billion to continue the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. This does not include any amounts allocated by additional war supplemental bills. To date, we have already spent over a [...]
Friday, August 21, 2009
In a lead-up to his excellent initial analysis of the Afghan election on his blog today, president of the Global Americana Institute Juan Cole posted this tidbit:
Thursday, August 13, 2009
I just penned a piece in response to the brouhaha around the health care protesters, more specifically, the comparisons to CODEPINK (everywhere from Fox News to The Colbert Report to NPR).
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
NEW YORK — While many worldwide are lauding an “end” to the Iraq War today, as US troops may have largely moved out of most Iraqi cities, CODEPINK Women for Peace calls for a true, complete end to six years of devastating occupation with a speedy withdrawal of all troops, ending the use of military [...]
Monday, June 22, 2009
Vicenza, four hours north of Rome between Venice and Milan, is a classically Italian city with two important footnotes.
Friday, June 12, 2009
Jane Hamsher Wants YOU (to call Congress and tell \'em to stop funding war!)
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
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