By Lewis Seiler and Dan Hamburg, San Francisco Chronicle There are people in Washington … who never intend to withdraw military forces from Iraq and they’re looking for 10, 20, 50 years in the future … the reason that we went into Iraq was to establish a permanent military base in the Gulf region, and…
Dave Lindorff, afterdowningstreet.org It’s been four years now since President Bush pulled his stunt of landing on the aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln, which his staff had ordered to circle around outside of San Diego for the purpose, and which they had decked out with a huge banner proclaiming “Mission Accomplished” for a backdrop. On its…
By Murray Waas, National Journal Attorney General Alberto Gonzales signed a highly confidential order in March 2006 delegating to two of his top aides — who have since resigned because of their central roles in the firings of eight U.S. attorneys — extraordinary authority over the hiring and firing of most non-civil-service employees of the…
Jeremy Scahill, Tomdispatch.com The Democrats’ plan does almost nothing to address the second largest force in Iraq — the estimated 126,000 private military “contractors” who will stay put there as long as Congress continues funding the war. The Democratic leadership in Congress is once again gearing up for a great sell-out on the Iraq war….
