War on Terror: misnamed, misguided and mismanaged
There’s nothing like a bad metaphor to really sow misunderstanding and mayhem. When the thing being described is as serious and complicated as the threat from stateless terrorists, the consequences …
How do you have a war, especially The War, without politics?
This morning, Booman noted the otherwise un-noted irony (thanks to that famous liberal media!) of having war profiteer/Nazi collaborator General Motors sponsor Kens Burns’ documentary on PBS, The War. Whenever …
Move On wordplay
Tristero at Digby’s place looks today at “the problem of modern rhetoric” within the Right/Left political debate, prompted by the supposedly right-wing answer to MoveOn.org. MoveOn’s Eli Parisher makes the …
September 2007 US troops deaths in Iraq
From USA Today As of Sunday, Sept. 30, 2007, at least 3,803 members of the U.S. military have died since the beginning of the Iraq war in March 2003, according …
Iraq's new Saddam
It’s disgusting what these chickenhawks will do just to be able to say they are “winning”. Winning what the fuck, you are not supposed to ask (and so the corporate …
Piling on Friedman
Last week, Atrios watched the Charlie Rose interview with the “very serious” “foreign policy expert” Thomas Friedman, and isn’t over it yet — apparently may not be over it for …
Scary shit
This guy [warning: this article could seriously damage your left frontal lobe] gets paid to think, and advise. And write! Aaarrrgggghhh!!! Just shoot me now! Cliff Notes version (in which …
Return to the Draft?
An important notice from the Center on Conscience & War: The Draft Card is on the Table- But No One Looks Like They are Going to Pick it up! On …
Recent news stories paint alarming picture of GI mental health
I expect this is just the tip of the iceberg. Our society is still dealing the veterans of Viet Nam, in homeless shelters, mental health clinics, and prisons. I fear …