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Bush's Deal with Iraq: A Time Bomb Set to Explode »
Posted by: bruhaha 2 months, 3 weeks ago in News
Back in January, the Bush administration proposed a Status of Forces Agreement to govern relations between American troops and the Iraqis after the UN mandate ...
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Antiwar Radio: Frida Berrigan on the Iraq SOFA »
Posted by: populist 1 month, 2 weeks ago in Politics
Frida Berrigan, Senior Program Associate of the Arms and Security Initiative at the New America Foundation, discusses the Status Of Forces Agreement (SOFA) being negotiated ...
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The Forgotten Iraqi-Sovereignty Sham »
Posted by: populist 1 month, 2 weeks ago in Politics
Bush re-subjugated Americans by claiming to have liberated Iraqis. Far more Americans recognize the futility of the U.S. attack on Iraq now than at ...
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Why
We Are Still in Iraq? »Posted by: populist 2 weeks, 5 days ago in Politics
In the American political discourse, the truth is of far less value than that which appears to be true, and, de rigueur, every presidential candidate ...
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Gunning for the Prize »
Posted by: populist 3 months, 3 weeks ago in News
‘Re-missioning’ the War in Iraq, and the Supreme International Crime
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Iraq demands all US troops out by 2011 »
Posted by: hyperbola 2 weeks, 6 days ago in News
Iraq has demanded a clear commitment from the US that its forces will have left its soil by the end of 2011.
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Dueling Realities on Iraq »
Posted by: populist 2 months, 2 weeks ago in News
The situation has improved so much that a year later we still can’t reduce troops to the pre-surge level the General in charge predicted ...
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Ashes of Empire - Afghanistan »
Posted by: hyperbola 1 month, 3 weeks ago in News
The U.S. has occupied Afghanistan for seven years. Its occupation is on the same road to failure as the Soviets and British before.
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American Dictatorship and Iraq »
Posted by: populist 4 weeks, 1 day ago in Politics
The president’s invasion of Iraq, without the constitutionally required congressional declaration of war, and his proposed agreement with the Iraqi regime, without the constitutionally ...
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Becoming Desperate in Iraq »
Posted by: populist 3 weeks, 5 days ago in Politics
The ideal, both from the standpoint of the American people and the Iraqi people, would be if the Iraqis voted that all U.S. forces ...
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US Cutoff Threat Unlikely to Save Iraq Troop Pact »
Posted by: populist 2 weeks, 5 days ago in Politics
The threat by the George W. Bush administration last week to withdraw all economic and military support from the Iraqi government if it does not ...
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The Afghanistan Advantage »
Posted by: populist 4 weeks, 1 day ago in Politics
Pipe dreams of a democratic, secular, modern Afghanistan would vanish, as pipe dreams always do. The U.S. and NATO would have gotten out of ...
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McCain Adviser Points to 2020 Iraq Withdrawal Date »
Posted by: Aidenag 3 months, 4 weeks ago in News
Max Boot, one of John McCain's top foreign policy advisers , is now pointing to reports that 2018 or 2020 are more realistic dates for ...
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Daniel Levy On Obama, Netanyahu and the Settlements - Jeffrey Goldberg »
Posted by: tehranchik 1 day, 7 hours ago in Politics
Jeffrey Goldberg: Are you a Zionist?
Daniel Levy: The answer is a yes, albeit a more complex yes than I'd like it to be ...More | Discuss (1) | Read Full Story at jeffreygoldberg.theatlantic.com
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Promoting Incompetence in Iraq »
Posted by: populist 3 months, 4 weeks ago in News
Since the U.S. invasion of Iraq in 2003, Gens. George Casey, David Petraeus and Ricardo Sanchez have not heeded the requests of their subordinate ...
