Iraqis have been complaining of U.S. soldiers' brutality to Iraqis for at least two years. The complaints were dismissed by the US gov't as exaggerations by people sympathetic to the insurgents, they were largely dismissed by the U.S. media on the say-so of the U.S. government, and were largely dismissed by most U.S. citizens on the say-so of the U.S. government, the perception that the Iraqis had a motive to exaggerate, and an unfortunate degree of racial/religious bias.
The US report recently absolving the military of any wrongdoing in Ishaqi is not satisfying the Iraqis or many in the American media.
This is just to get up and running. I have been thinking of doing this <blogging> for a couple of years now - and even longer if you consider my personal web page.
Here is what drives me. I have been cynical about politics since the viet nam war, and still am i guess, but dubya has sort of pushed me over the line.
I had to post this; rarely have I heard a more succinct and damning description of what Bush has accomplished in Iraq.
Typical headline for the 21st century, from the Jurist web site at the U of Pittsburgh: Geneva references omitted from revised Army interrogation manual: report
More smoke, more mirrors: Seems the Fed is "wary", signs that the economy may be slowing down........
Pollyanna had nothing on today's politicians and journalists. Witness this take by Dan Arnall of ABC on yesterday's grim report of only 75,000 new jobs last month:
Some Republicans are trading high visibility for invisibility. WTW previously described Katherine Harris's drift toward the invisible end of the Republican spectrum. Now it seemsBob Ney, he of Ohio and Abramoff fame, is rapidly joining her:
One of my young buds asked me the other day: "Is this how it went back in your day?"....
If you've ever wondered which of the two Republican Blunderkinds is worse (Bush II or Nixon), you now have an answer from the latest Quinnipiac poll: Bush II by a longshot, twice as bad as Nixon.
Twice as bad as a man who was impeached and resigned before he could be convicted. Think about that.
E.L. Doctorow is a very good writer. E.L. Doctorow had this to say about our president some 21 months ago in the Easthampton Star:
