Kurt Eichenwald’s "500 Days" And the 9/11 Neocon Disaster

I can't even begin to parse this twenty minute Democracy Now interview with author Kurt Eichenwald, I would be typing forever. Suffice t...

"Curveball" to Appear BBC2 Monday April 2

Nothing to get excited about really, the Bush administration knew it was bullshit, and if yer man hadn't existed, they would have had to...

US Arrogance Writ Large

Should I have mentioned in the header that the story is centred around US rice farmers? I don't think so. arrogance is after all, a defi...

It Was Never a War. It Was an Invasion and We Are the Empire.

It Was Never a War. It Was an Invasion and We Are the Empire. By Jeff Gibbs December 18th, 2011 “War” is not over. There never was a war. T...

Iraq: Two Short Clips Democracy Now

As Biden Visits Iraq Ahead of U.S. Withdrawal, Critics See Last Ditch-Effort to Preserve Occupation U.S. Vice President Joe Biden has arrive...

Fallujah Veteran The Road To Damascus

No stranger to bucking the trend and often being the lone voice on an issue, something quite easy to do when one is perfect and always right...

Are The Good Times Really Over?

Only until the second coming. This was to be a post on Iraq's missing $6 billion, which has every chance of turning out to be a missing ...

$6.6 Billion ''May Have Been Stolen''

And if you think this falls into the ''you couldn't make it up'' category, just to add insult to injury, the Iraqis are ...

Baghdad - Rohrabacher. Bugger Orf

Seems I'm not the only one that found Dana Rohrabacher's remarks, what shall we say, a tad unconventional? Sling your hook, the mes...

US Rep Dana Rohrabacher. Do They Have Seasons on Your Planet?

Two in one week! I have only previously accrued four in five years. Worthies I'm talking about, those absolute jaw dropping statements t...

US To Remain In Iraq by Proxy (Or Otherwise)

That's the trouble when you're stuck between a clusterfuck and a hard place. One hardly needs a crystal ball to foresee the whole co...

UK Plans to Exploit Iraq's Oil Reserves Were Discussed a Year Before Invasion

How's the humanitarian mission going in Libya? Secret memos expose link between oil firms and invasion of Iraq By Paul Bignell 19 April ...

They Died in Vain.

I quite recently brought you a post that included among other things a few thoughts of my own on the most expensive hard-on in history, Geor...

An Empire of Lies: The CIA and the Western Media

An Empire of Lies: The CIA and the Western Media ......But even the Guardian, often regarded as fearless in taking on powerful interests, pa...

Whale Blog or Not, Somethings Just Need To Be Posted

h/t D

Blair Roundup: Regrets I've Had a Few

But there again, what else can I say as I try to look ever so contrite at the deaths of hundreds of thousands and justify my part in startin...

Iraq Inquiry: Goldsmith Bottle Going

Iraq Inquiry: Goldsmith uncomfortable at Blair remarks Tony Blair will deal with claims by Lord Goldsmith, his attorney general, when he ap...

Tony Blair to appear before Iraq war inquiry

American bloggers were always hot for this story from the early days. Blogged under the general term, Downing Street Memo, they placed great...

14 Percent May Have PTSD: WAR REPORT

For related information please see Veteran's Resources SILVER SPRING, Md., June 9 ( UPI ) -- Between 8.5 percent and 14 percent of U.S....