Gentle Readers – this was published this morning in the Daily Item, the paper for this area of Pennsylvania. I grant that it is not measured and without passion. But then, if you have read anything I have written, you … Continue reading
Tomgram: Rebecca Gordon, The Best Defense Posted by Rebecca Gordon at 7:31am, January 10, 2017. Follow TomDispatch on Twitter @TomDispatch. At the height of the George W. Bush years, a bit of a TomDispatch piece would sometimes be reposted at a right-wing website with a … Continue reading
SECTION 6.5 PLANNING AND PREPARATION FOR A POST-SADDAM HUSSEIN IRAQ, JANUARY TO MARCH 2003 Contents Introduction ……………………………………………………………………………………………..309 Second round of inter-agency talks, Washington, 22 January 2003 …………………………309 Follow-up to the inter-agency talks ……………………………………………………………….326 The UK Common Document …………………………………………………………………………327 Post-conflict discussions … Continue reading
SECTION 8 THE INVASION The Report of the Iraq Inquiry 2 The transition to post-conflict operations ……………………………………………………….. 90 Phase IV military planning papers ………………………………………………………………….. 90 The relationship between the UK military and ORHA …………………………………………. 102 Extension of the UK AO … Continue reading
SECTION 9.1 MARCH TO 22 MAY 2003 Contents Introduction ……………………………………………………………………………………………..132 March 2003 ……………………………………………………………………………………………….132 April 2003 ………………………………………………………………………………………………..146 May 2003 ………………………………………………………………………………………………….175 The Report of the Iraq Inquiry 132 Introduction 1. This Section addresses: • the evolution of the UK’s non-military relationship with … Continue reading
Gentle Reader – About 20 million of you, who were helped by President Obama’s Patient Protection and Affordable Car Act (ObamaCare, The ACA) are about to be thrown to the wolves by an Administration – the Trump Administration – that … Continue reading
Gentle Reader – Much is written about the bravery and heroism of our men and women in uniform. Even I, one who doesn’t wear uniforms or accept top-down discipline easily, think much about these accolades are right. Much, not all. … Continue reading
Gentle Reader – Let us now say goodbye to what we thought we knew about how our Government worked. Infrastructure spending – goodby. Health care (ACA, Medicare, Medicaid) – adios. Educational assistance – adieu. The rich will make out like … Continue reading
Gentle Reader – It is this setup for the next 4 years – a tax cut that removes somewhere between 5 and 9 trillion dollars from the Federal Treasury, most going to the wealthiest 1% – that sets the stage … Continue reading
No, Trump, We Can’t Just Get Along Charles M. Blow NOV. 23, 2016 Donald Trump schlepped across town on Tuesday to meet with the publisher of The New York Times and some editors, columnists and reporters at the paper. As … Continue reading
