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The F Word: Accepting Defeat in Iraq
September 2, 2010Everyone is spinning the Iraq mission's so-called end but no one seems willing quite to accept defeat. Republicans are complaining that the president didn't mention George W. Bush often enough in his speech announcing the end of combat operations. In fact, he did, quite a bit, and in an over-generous way, most sane people agree. As GRITtv commentator Bill Fletcher, Jr. put it Wednesday, "Iraq wasn't a case of a war gone bad with good intentions--it was begun illegally and handled wrong from the start."Bill Fletcher, Jr: Spinning Victory in Iraq
September 2, 2010President Obama might have declared the combat mission over in Iraq this week, but thousands of troops and contractors remain behind in that country and troops are still moving into Afghanistan. In his speech, Obama struck a note of conciliation with President Bush, and echoed a refrain that's grown familiar now: move forward, don't look back. But Bill Fletcher, Jr. notes that Iraq wasn't a case of a war gone bad with good intentions--it was begun illegally, and continued over protest.Bill Fletcher, Jr., Attack on Ahmed Sharif, and New Voters
September 1, 2010President Obama might have declared the combat mission over in Iraq this week, but thousands of troops and contractors remain behind in that country and troops are still moving into Afghanistan. In his speech, Obama struck a note of conciliation with President Bush, and echoed a refrain that's grown familiar now: move forward, don't look back. But Bill Fletcher, Jr. notes that Iraq wasn't a case of a war gone bad with good intentions--it was begun illegally, and handled wrong from the start.Putting Heat on the Democrats, A People's History of Sports, and Monique Harden on Katrina and the Environment
September 3, 2008Last night in what may be his final major speech Bush took a swipe at the “angry Left,” saying that if the Hanoi Hilton could not break McCain’s resolve, “you can be sure the angry Left never will.” Given just how unpopular Bush is, the angry Left refers to nearly 80 percent of the population.
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