I think all of us who can recall the 1950’s (OK, I was a little tyke, but I saw the movies) know what the game of “chicken” is. Two cars full of screaming teenagers go at each other at high speed, the first one to pull the wheel and steer out of the […]

I just read the interview with Keith Olberman that occurred just before the Pennsylvania primary. Hillary’s attack ad tells us she is the one who should answer the phone at three in the morning. But she has very different memories of going to Tuzla than every one else there. There was no […]

General Petraeus has been chosen to head Centcom. While I think that the General has become very political, I am not sure he is so out and out in favor of attacking Iran. He seems to be very concerned with his career. He has never really promised that the surge would be […]

Our leadership is so deep into dreamland.
Now President Bush is prattling on about a diplomatic surge in the Middle East. He is saying that Arab governments are going to have to recognize the Iraqi Maliki government as a counter to Iranian hegemony. Well two things.
One. Iraqi Prime Minister Maliki and Iran are really good friends. […]

General Petraeus and Ambassador Crocker have recently given us testimony in Washington.
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-petraeus9apr09,0,6722996.story
And president Bush says by golly isn’t everything just hunky dory in Iraq.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7338959.stm
The sad fact is, the United States is totally irrelevant in Iraq. In the recent Basra fighting, where PM Maliki attacked forces of the Mahdi Army in that city, PM Maliki’s […]

A few Cessna’s, a couple of helicopters and transports. That is it. No combat aircraft.
The Bush administration has always said that we will stand down as the Iraqi’s stand up. How can they do that without an Air Force?
This is galling evidence that the present administration has never intended to […]

The battle of Basra is becoming more intense. Basically, the Maliki government is using the Badr Corps militia against the Al Sadr Mahdi army. Two Shia militias fighting it out. The Badr corps is probably the least anti American militia in Iraq.
In my opinion, from watching the news for the last five […]

Some of the Awakening councils in Iraq are going on strike.  These are the Sunni groups who have entered into a temporary alliance with the US.  And believe me, these guerrillas have been saying that all along.  They have been stressing that they wish to destroy the Iraqi Shia government, and that they will return […]

Let us say, one day that you take your kid to the circus.  A clown leads out a pony.  He says, “This pony can do tricks!  Count to five pony!”  The pony stamps his foot five times.  “Hooray!  Stand on your hind legs pony!”  The pony stamps his foot five times.  The clown rolls a […]

Winter Soldiers Redux
Recent news reports tell me that the American public is somewhat less horrified by the Iraq war lately. Apparently the media reports claiming that the “surge” was a success are having an impact. In my view they are just preparing us for Senator McCain’s 100 years war. Let’s remember a […]