Andymatic

Category: War

  • Bush Considered Bombing Iraq in US Jets Painted as UN Planes

    Nice: New evidence has emerged that President Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair agreed in January 2003 to attack Iraq regardless of whether diplomatic efforts succeeded… In addition the book reveals President Bush told Blair that the United Stated was considering flying U2 spy planes disguised as United Nations planes over Iraq in an […]

  • Post-WWII German and Russia: A Comparison

    Fantastic comment on Plastic post about Nikita Kruschev’s secret four hour speech: The reason why the Soviet Union reacted so differently from Germany, is probably that although many of the circumstances in the two countries were alike, many other circumstances differed greatly. For instance: …3. While Germany had had a comparatively open an well educated […]

  • 85% of US Troops in Iraq Don't Know Why They're There

    Zogby released a poll today of troops serving in Iraq: >85% said the U.S. mission is mainly “to retaliate for Saddam’s role in the 9-11 attacks.” 77% said they also believe the main or a major reason for the war was “to stop Saddam from protecting al Qaeda in Iraq.” “Ninety-three percent said that removing […]

  • Jobs and Defense

    Something I forgot to mention last night with regard to Why We Fight is the one thing I hadn’t really realized before. That wrapped up in our military-industrial-congressional-thinktank ecosystem there is another force that keeps us anchored in a ‘war footing.’ Jobs. The manufacturing of defense products and bombs and uniforms – all of the […]

  • Why We Fight

    Whoo I’m drunk! Kevin and I met up for a good ol’ lefty meeting. We went to see Why We Fight. Why We Fight starts with Eisenhower’s presidential exit speech where he warns of the enroachment of the military-industrial complex and the documentary explores how Americans are inevitably drawn to war as a solution to […]

  • 1930s Plans for US to Invade Canada, Mexico, UK

    Floyd Rumin reports in Counterpunch of the 1930s contingency plans to invade just about anybody (should it become necessary). He compares those old plans to invade Mexico with the planing of the Iraq invasion: In both plans, the goal is to seize control of another nation’s oil. In both plans, there is a priority on […]

  • Passport to Fun and Today's Escapes on Credit Card Bill

    Anyone else seeing charges fo TODAY’S ESCAPES and PASSPORT TO FUN on their credit cards? Each charge is for $12.95. I have no idea how these got on the statement. I’m guessing I bought something online and this was some sort of ‘extra’ bonus I may have opted into. Immediately call the nubmers on your […]

  • Iraq War Could Cost 2 Trillion Dollars

    Old news I know but I want to point my kids to this article when it ends up it really cost 5 trillion. The real cost to the US of the Iraq war is likely to be between $1 trillion and $2 trillion (£1.1 trillion), up to 10 times more than previously thought, according to […]

  • Bill O'Reilly and Phil Donahue Blowout

    Holy shit. This is good. Wow. Christ. Video here. Donahue: We’ve already had two thou – almost thousand – (gestures for O’Reilly to hold off) – just let me have the last word. In the last year two things have doubled. The number of dead American troops in Iraq has doubled and you know what […]

  • Ben Stein On Bush the Peacemaker

    Ben Sten on Bush:  CAVUTO: So, given the positive turnout in Iraq, will it be a positive for our U.S. markets and will it help to finally take the Dow back above 11,000? We didn’t quite see it today, but it’s sort of like waiting for Godot. Eventually it’ll happen. […] CAVUTO: Ben Stein, Ben […]