“One … phrase that has become higher profile with Mr. Bush, the repetition about the dead, that we will honor their sacrifice by completing their mission, was the exact terminology today. Is there a point at which one of the protesters, even if it was only a dozen protesters, or a Democrat, or both, comes out and says, Hey, wait a minute, that phrase basically says, We‘re going to honor their sacrifice by sacrificing more of them?”
After being notified that Japan’s emissaries were a few minutes late in declaring war against the United States and the attack on Pearl Harbor had already begun, the commanding General of the Imperial Japanese Forces was quoted as saying, “This disgrace means we have lost the war before it has begun.” Honor meant that much. For the want of a few minutes. That the attack occurred before a formal declaration of war was put forth, the commanding General knew Japan’s honor and therefore the war were doomed.
Iraq is not only dishonorable, it’s a travesty against all humanity. A crime so horrendous as to be arguably the biggest blunder committed by any nation state in history. And like all things built on deceit doomed to fail.
To argue that more killing is needed to justify past killings has to bring this full circle.
My only hope is that I live long enough to see those that produced this disaster receive what’s coming to them.
From the outset of this very dishonest administration, Mr. Bush’s handlers have adeptly used meaningful words as a substitute for meaningful insight. This is a mere example of what they say; is not what they understand.
It looks like that in Crawford, Texas and in the White House, Osama has been forgotten.
Prior to our invasion and occupation of Iraq,
Iraq was a secular nation.
Now is looks like the noble cause for which so many of our soldiers have sacrificed their lives–is to establish Iraq as a theocracy
based on Islamic fundamentalism.
Reading the Iraq constitution finds this direct quote: “No law can be passed that contradicts the undisputed rules of Islam.”
Ron DeSantis got his ivy league education,
And now he wants to lead our nation.
The “Ohioan” is yearning
To take control of learning
And replace cognition with wing-nut indoctrination.
“It does make the conversation of the primary all about Trump, which is a good dynamic he had going for him in 2016, everyone being asked to react to Trump. We’re right now fighting a primary so all that matters is the party, and we can deal with the general after….”
— A GOP operative, quoted by the Washington Post, on the impact of Donald Trump being indicted.
“I don’t really know what it means, but I kinda like it, it’s long, it’s got a lot of vowels. We’ll go with that, that’s fine. I mean you can call me whatever you want, just as long as you also call me a winner because that’s what we’ve been able to do in Florida, is put a lot of points on the board and really take this State to the next level.”
— Gov. Ron DeSantis, when asked about Donald Trump’s “Ron DeSantimonius” nickname for him.
“For all his unusual strengths, Trump is defined these days more by his weaknesses — personal and political deficiencies that have grown with time and now figure to undermine any attempt to exploit the criminal case against him. … His base of support is too small, his political imagination too depleted and his instinct for self-absorption too overwhelming for him to marshal a broad, lasting backlash. His determination to look inward and backward has been a problem for his campaign even without the indictment. It will be a bigger one if and when he’s indicted.”
“I don’t know what he’s trying to do or what the goal is. Obviously, he doesn’t deal with foreign policy every day as Governor. So I’m not sure. I can’t speak to that. I can’t compare that to something else he did or said over the last few years because he doesn’t deal with it every day.”
— Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, distancing himself from Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ apparent flip-flop on the war in Ukraine, on the Hugh Hewitt radio show.
Wall Street Journal: “A review of the websites of more than 3,500 companies, organizations and government entities by the Toronto-based company Feroot Security found that so-called tracking pixels from the TikTok parent company were present in 30 U.S. state-government websites across 27 states, including some where the app has been banned from state networks and devices.”
“Donald Trump asked his followers to sign a petition denouncing his potential arrest in New York,” Insider reports. “But signing this petition leads people straight to a page where they’re asked to give $3,300 or other suggested amounts of cash to his 2024 campaign.”
New York Times: “The report, by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, a body of experts convened by the United Nations says that global average temperatures are estimated to rise 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit) above preindustrial levels sometime around ‘the first half of the 2030s,’ as humans continue to burn coal, oil and natural gas.”
Twenty-one members of the South Carolina State House are considering a bill that would make a woman who has an abortion in the state eligible for the death penalty, Rolling Stone reports.
Keith Olbermann is one of the few mainstream journalists to tell it like it is. Perhaps it is because he originally was a sports reporter.
After being notified that Japan’s emissaries were a few minutes late in declaring war against the United States and the attack on Pearl Harbor had already begun, the commanding General of the Imperial Japanese Forces was quoted as saying, “This disgrace means we have lost the war before it has begun.” Honor meant that much. For the want of a few minutes. That the attack occurred before a formal declaration of war was put forth, the commanding General knew Japan’s honor and therefore the war were doomed.
Iraq is not only dishonorable, it’s a travesty against all humanity. A crime so horrendous as to be arguably the biggest blunder committed by any nation state in history. And like all things built on deceit doomed to fail.
To argue that more killing is needed to justify past killings has to bring this full circle.
My only hope is that I live long enough to see those that produced this disaster receive what’s coming to them.
From the outset of this very dishonest administration, Mr. Bush’s handlers have adeptly used meaningful words as a substitute for meaningful insight. This is a mere example of what they say; is not what they understand.
It looks like that in Crawford, Texas and in the White House, Osama has been forgotten.
Prior to our invasion and occupation of Iraq,
Iraq was a secular nation.
Now is looks like the noble cause for which so many of our soldiers have sacrificed their lives–is to establish Iraq as a theocracy
based on Islamic fundamentalism.
Reading the Iraq constitution finds this direct quote: “No law can be passed that contradicts the undisputed rules of Islam.”