George Bush Iraq

Getting Iran's Nuclear Program Wrong, Very Wrong

Ziya Meral | Posted 05.10.2012

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What seems to matter to Iran's rulers most is not the end goal of weapons, but the very process of tension with the outside of world. If we simply focus on stopping Iran from having nuclear weapons, the regime might in fact stand to gain more in the end.

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4,474 Americans Dead in Iraq

Peter Van Buren | Posted 02.19.2012

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Our wars, our only legacy from the evil of 9/11, signs of a nation gone mad, have cost America over $4 trillion. Yet while money is one thing to squander, we weep over the unnecessary loss of lives.

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WATCH General: Bush Officials Pushed For Iraq War 'Almost To The Point Of Insubordination'

Alexander Belenky | Posted 05.25.2011

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Former Joint Chiefs chairman Gen. Hugh Shelton says that, during the Bush administration, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, his deputy, Paul Wolfowit...

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Obama's "No, We Won't" Moment in Iraq

Firas Al-Atraqchi | Posted 05.25.2011

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The US political and military establishments have made numerous grave errors in judgment when it comes to Iraq policy, foremost of which is the choice...

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Iraqi Shoe Thrower Muntazer al-Zaidi Innundated With Offers And Gifts

The Guardian | Martin Chulov in Baghdad and Rory McCarthy in Nablus | Posted 05.25.2011

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Next Monday, when the journalist walks out of prison, his 10 raging seconds, which came to define his country's last six miserable years, are set to t...

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Biking Out of Iraq

Tom Engelhardt | Posted 05.25.2011

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Why are we in Iraq? Because we're there. Because the Iraqis need us. Because something terrible would happen if we left precipitously. So we still occupy Iraq and no one even asks why.

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Iraq War Roundup: HuffPost Bloggers On The Iraq War Over The Years

Huffington Post | Stuart Whatley and Jessica Gusman | Posted 05.25.2011

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March 20, 2009 is the sixth anniversary of the Iraq War, and thus an appropriate day to take a look back at some of the best HuffPost contributor comm...

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Iraq War: A Look Back (SLIDESHOW)

Huffington Post | Jessica Gusman, Hanna Ingber Win | Posted 05.25.2011

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President Obama today announced his plan to withdraw combat troops from Iraq by August 2010 and declared that the US has "begun the work of ending thi...

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Stuff Happens: The Pentagon's Argument of Last Resort on Iraq

Tom Engelhardt | Posted 05.25.2011

In a nutshell, the Pentagon's argument couldn't be simpler or more red-bloodedly American: We have too much stuff there to leave Iraq any time soon.

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The Sick Man of the North Atlantic

Eric Margolis | Posted 05.25.2011

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Money, observed the witty British thinker Malcolm Muggeridge, is the homogenized form of power. No more money, no more power. The great imperialist ...

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Time to Hold Bush's Feet to the Fire: Why the "Bush Doctrine" Flap Matters

Steve Kettmann | Posted 05.25.2011

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The notion that there's any serious doubt over the meaning of the Bush Doctrine is as credible as the notion that there is any serious doubt in the scientific community on the basic reality of global warming.

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McCain/Bush Condemns Obama for Not Visiting the Troops Injured Due to McCain/Bush Policies

Steve Young | Posted 05.25.2011

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Does anything else need be said? Steve Young, author of "Great Failures of the Extremely Successful," blogs at steveyoungonpolitics.com...

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"Bring 'Em On!" - The Fifth Anniversary of Bush's Declaration of Indecency

Robert S. McElvaine | Posted 05.25.2011

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Five years ago, when Bush said "bring 'em on!", he was inviting Iraqis to try to kill American troops. Few things a commander-in-chief could say would be as reprehensible as this comment.

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Bush On Iraq War: "I Don't Care If It Created More Enemies"

Muckraked | Posted 05.25.2011

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NBC News' Richard Engel, who in April was promoted to chief foreign correspondent, has written a book, released today, about the years he spent report...

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Bush On Iraq: "My Measure Of Success Is Victory - And Success"

The Swamp | Mark Silva | Posted 05.25.2011

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President Bush was asked today what he says to critics who see no end in sight in the war in Iraq - is it an open-ended war? And he effectively said i...

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Pentagon Report Shows No Iraq Plot To Assassinate Bush Sr.

Newsweek | Michael Isikoff | Posted 05.25.2011

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President Bush said lots of things about Saddam Hussein in the run-up to the Iraq War. But few of his charges grabbed more attention than an unscripte...

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Bush: Iraq War Worth It

AP | TERENCE HUNT | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — President Bush says he has no doubts about launching the unpopular war in Iraq despite the "high cost in lives and treasure," argui...

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Evangelical Power Vastly Diminished Headed Into Super Tuesday

Dan Treul | Posted 05.25.2011

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More than thirty OffTheBus members collaborated on the following story. A full byline is below. The so-called "evangelical vote," often cited by med...

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Iran No Longer Aids Iraq Militants

Washinton Times | Sara Carter | Posted 05.25.2011

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Iran's leaders are no longer supplying weapons or training to Islamic militants in Iraq, the spokesman for the top U.S. commander in Iraq told The Was...

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Dem Leaders Pressured To Alter War Strategy

Politico | John Bresnahan and Martin Kady II | Posted 05.25.2011

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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, despite their pledges to continue pushing to end the war in Iraq, face growing press...

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1997 Article Quotes Bush's Opposition To Iraq Invasion

Editor & Publisher | Joe Strupp | Posted 05.25.2011

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Sig Christenson, a founding member of Military Reporters and Editors who has worked five assignments in Iraq since the war began, reached back some 10...

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Sloganeer In Chief: Bush Dubs New Strategy "Return On Success"

McClatchy | Posted 05.25.2011

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Eight months after President Bush made public a plan he hailed as the "New Way Forward" in Iraq, he's announced a new plan, this one called "Return on...

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