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McCain knows why we are in the Middle East — oil

Posted in International, oil, oil, oil on May 2, 2008 | No Comments »

At a town hall meeting in Denver today, Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain of Arizona revealed what he thinks about oil and U.S. involvement in the Middle East:
My friends, I will have an energy policy that we will be talking about, which will eliminate our dependence on oil from the Middle East that will [...]

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‘Bush’s War’: In case you weren’t angry enough already

Posted in George Bush, International, Iraq, PBS, Politics, tagged on April 18, 2008 | 2 Comments »

Two nights ago PBS ran another of its documentaries, “Frontline: Bush’s War,” Parts 1 and 2. I knew full well what I was getting into, but I decided to watch it anyway. It was history. It would be a nice summation of the Iraq war and correct any erroneous ideas I had.
Well, I stuck it [...]

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McCain gaffe, Lieberman correction are cause for concern

Posted in Election '08, George Bush, Joe Lieberman, John McCain, Middle East, Politics, tagged on March 19, 2008 | 4 Comments »

By now everyone knows that in Jordan yesterday, Sen. John McCain said Iran (predominately Shiite) was training Al Qaida (mostly Sunni) operatives to go into Iraq to fight. In fact, the Sunni and Shia are fighting each other in Iraq, and Iran is reportedly training Shiite extremists, not Al Qaida. However, not until Joe Lieberman [...]

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Another day, another reason to get out

Posted in Middle East, Politics, tagged on February 3, 2008 | No Comments »

The Associated Press just reported the U.S. has killed nine more Iraqi civilians. Accidentally, of course. As if that matters. In shooting wars, innocents die. But in Iraq, we don’t have to be the killers. We should get out, now.
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