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Did Pres. Bush Provoke the Invasion?

By ⋅ June 22, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

There’s a new memo out that reveals that President Bush and Prime Minister Blair discussed the possibility of attempting to provoke Sadaam Hussein into taking an action that would warrant another resolution by the United Nations.

If He Tried to Delay Withdrawal, Does it Matter?

By ⋅ October 11, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Shortly after Sen. Obama clinched the party nomination statistically (back in June), he had conversations with leaders in Iraq regarding the war.  The Washington Times reports the following: At the same time the Bush administration was negotiating a still elusive agreement to keep the U.S. military in Iraq, Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama tried to [...]

What To Do With a Lame Duck

By ⋅ September 15, 2008 ⋅ 4 comments

What would you think if I told you that Sen. Obama, when he was over touring Iraq, sought to have leaders there delay making any arrangements for troop withdrawals until after the U.S. election? Impact on the Election On the one hand, it could be seen as entirely self-serving.  If troops started to come home [...]

Was He Right on the War?

By ⋅ June 13, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

It’s fashionable in the last year of a second-term administration to try to distance oneself from the President.  For the three two-term Presidencies that I’ve been alive for, only one of them sought out the current President for help, and even he tried to distinguish himself from his predecessor. These last two Presidents have had [...]

Iraqi Torture Photos

By ⋅ May 10, 2004 ⋅ Post a comment

A lot has been made of what has happened inside prisons in Iraq.  As a country that stands for freedom and the idea that all men are created equal in God’s sight, the inhumane treatement of men, regardless of how they have treated us or what kind of information we want/need, is wrong. Let us [...]

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