One of the most dire repercussions of George Bush’s misbegotten invasion of Iraq in 2003 is that it has undermined U.S. credibility in speaking out against Russia’s invasion of Georgia today. Of course, having no credibility has never stopped Bush and his aides from speaking out, and it is not stopping them now.
The only criticism […]

This video explains why, in my own mind, I thought of John McCain as the main apologist for the invasion and occupation of Iraq, long before the 2008 election cycle began: because that’s what he was. As McCain ’splains things to Letterman on Oct. 18, 2001, he seems quite comfortable with his role as mouthpiece […]

George Bush went out of his way not to use the term “mission accomplished” yesterday when he quietly declared the surge in Iraq to be a success. Bush’s declaration has been ignored by just about everyone, except for Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.), who used it as an opportunity to trot out one of the […]

Does anything that George Bush and John McCain say matter? Based on this colloquy between Keith Olbermann and Rachel Maddow on “Countdown” last night, apparently not:
“We are there at the invitation of the Iraqi government. This is a sovereign nation. Twelve million people went to the polls to approve a constitution. It’s their government’s choice. […]

Passes 238-180, 10 Republicans Abstain
An unidentified government official of a U.S. ally wants to participate if and when Kucinich makes his case to impeach President Bush before the House Judiciary Committee.There will be a hearing related to Rep. Dennis Kucinich’s Article of Impeachment against George Bush in the House Judiciary Committee. That was assured by […]

Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al Maliki dropped a bombshell into the American presidential campaign yesterday when he stated publicly that it was time for U.S. troops to leave his country.
“The current trend is to reach an agreement on a memorandum of understanding either for the departure of the forces or to put a timetable […]

Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has declared that his government has defeated terrorism in Iraq.
What this means is that surge is a success only in the sense that flooding the zone with security has tamped down violence and — here is the real point — neutralized Iraq as a domestic political issue in the presidential campaign.
“They […]

“I know that even a successful war against Iraq will require a U.S. occupation of undetermined length, at undetermined cost, with undetermined consequences. I know that an invasion of Iraq without a clear rationale and without strong international support will only fan the flames of the Middle East, and encourage the worst, rather than best, […]