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Bush administration's Iraq policy

"If any question why we died, Tell them, because our fathers lied."

Rudyard Kipling, Epitaphs of the War

"What Korea was to Truman, and Vietnam was to LBJ, Iraq will be to George W. Bush."

Arthur Schlesinger [to Arianna Huffington]

"Great is the guilt of an unnecessary war."

John Adams

"I don't feel abandoned," Mr Bush said on Fox News. "And what do you expect? When times are good, there\'s millions of authors of the plan. When times are bad, there\'s one author, and that would be me."

An injured man walks out from a hospital after receiving treatment in Baghdad, January 25, 2007

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Obama Supports Food Inc.'s World Domination and All We Get Is the White House ...

Bay Area Indymedia
October 29, 2009

But, as the political director of the Organic Consumers Association, I have to admit, it doesn't look like Bush administration

Ruger: Military leaders have a duty to stay out of politics

Salon
October 26, 2009

Iraq: B Obama has decisively won the argument over Iraq policy. Despite the massive bombings in Baghdad on sunday -- the most deadly since 2007 -- the US ...

Thinking about the Mainstream Media

Salon
October 26, 2009

Iraq: B Obama has decisively won the argument over Iraq policy. Despite the massive bombings in Baghdad on sunday -- the most deadly since 2007 -- the US ...

Obama's foreign policy report card

Salon
October 26, 2009

Iraq: B Obama has decisively won the argument over Iraq policy. Despite the massive bombings in Baghdad on sunday -- the most deadly since 2007 -- the US ...

Insane Neocon to Ron Reagan: Your Father Would Be Ashamed

AlterNet
October 23, 2009

He's used made-up quotes and recommended "hanging" Democratic officials critical of the Bush administration's Iraq policy. He even believes there's ...

The Obama Peace Prize - A Deserving Award

OpEdNews
October 23, 2009

Just as ignorance prevailed when France bucked the Bush administration on Iraq and a baleful ignorant section of the population descended into pure hubris ...

Iraq election stalemate could delay US troop withdrawal

Christian Science Monitor
October 23, 2009

... [system] and get this over with' could leave us with bigger problems down the road," says Wayne White, a former State Department Iraq policy expert. ...

Cheney drops the D-word

Foreign Policy
October 22, 2009

soldiers cannot bring peace to AFG! by Watson on Thu, 10/22/2009 - 4:35pm In testimony to Congress this week about our Iraq policy, T. Boone Pickens ...

The Urgent Need to Demilitarize the National Security State

truthout
October 20, 2009

the Bush administration used the Pentagon to shift US strategic priorities away from Europe and Asia and toward the Middle East, Persian gulf and Southwest ...

Leaders' sorry words no excuse for inaction

The Australian
October 18, 2009

In the 2008 election campaign, Obama proposed that the Bush administration was neglecting the much more important struggle in Afghanistan on account of its ...

From Baghdad To Boston, Biden Re-redefining VP Job

cbs4denver.com
October 14, 2009

... as he re-redefines the job of vice president after Dick Cheney's unprecedented grasp on the levers of power in the George W. Bush administration. ...

Norse Code

Middle East Report Online
October 11, 2009

The world cheered when candidate Obama vowed to close down the naval base's jailhouses where the Bush administration warehoused the "enemy combatantsÃ¢ÂÂ it ...

Dems: GOP rooting against America

Yahoo! News
October 6, 2009

Bob Filner, a California Democrat, who challenged Bush administration pre-war Iraq intelligence, bellowing, "This hatred of America by some people is just ...

A precarious peace in Northern Iraq

ReliefWeb (press release)
October 1, 2009

He had toughened his stance on a timetable for US withdrawal in the talks with the Bush administration about a security framework agreement. ...

A Precarious Peace in Northern Iraq

Middle East Report Online
October 1, 2009

He had toughened his stance on a timetable for US withdrawal in the talks with the Bush administration about a security framework agreement. ...

Muslims hurt by US support for dictators, Israel

Middle East Online
September 15, 2009

Muslims had to look no further than the Bush administration's Iraq policy to find corroboration for their concerns. When Weapons of Mass Destruction were ...

Two sides of the COIN

On Line opinion
September 14, 2009

It is increasingly clear that the Bush administration will leave office with al Qaeda having ...

Eight years on, global terrorism remains

GulfNews
September 13, 2009

Muslims had to look no further than the Bush administration's Iraq policy to find corroboration for their concerns. When Weapons of Mass Destruction were ...

Freedom and Peace Are Non-Partisan Issues

Weekly Blitz
September 10, 2009

Many more others likely figured it out as they watched the Bush administration eviscerate the Constitution and especially the Bill of Rights over the last ...

Obama's foreign policy: The end of the beginning

www.worldbulletin.net
September 7, 2009

First, instead of ordering an immediate withdrawal from Iraq, he adopted the Bush administration's policy of a staged withdrawal keyed to political ...

Freedom and Peace Are Non-Partisan Issues

American Chronicle
September 4, 2009

Many more others likely figured it out as they watched the Bush administration eviscerate the Constitution and especially the Bill of Rights over the last ...

Obama's Foreign Policy: The End of the Beginning

Eesti elu
August 27, 2009

First, instead of ordering an immediate withdrawal from Iraq, he adopted the Bush administration's policy of a staged withdrawal keyed to political ...

Obama's plan: he knows how to get there â¦ but where?

Al-Arabiya
August 20, 2009

Take the most famous recent national security strategy, the one released by the Bush administration in 2002 in the shadow of the Sept. 11 attacks. ...

Obama's plan: he knows how to get there â¦ but where?

The National
August 20, 2009

Take the most famous recent national security strategy, the one released by the Bush administration in 2002 in the shadow of the 9/11 attacks. ...

The Ultimate Insider Journalist

Newsweek
August 18, 2009

The episode turned ugly, with Plame's career ruined and her husband's criticism of the Bush administration's Iraq policy gaining much broader public ...

Bob Novak: One of My Favorite 'Unpatriotic Conservatives'

American Spectator
August 18, 2009

It was Novak's criticism of the Bush administration's Iraq policy, and especially his agreement with Buchanan on that subject, that earned him inclusion in ...

The Wrong Man for the Job

Atlantic Online
August 17, 2009

And that was the standard met by Hill's predecessor and Bush administration appointee, Ryan Crocker, an Arabist with lifelong experience in the Middle East, ...

The Global Economic Crisis: Strategic Implications for Turkey ...

Today's Zaman
August 14, 2009

The Obama administration appears committed to opening a dialogue with Tehran, but is not necessarily any more inclined than the Bush administration to ...

Iran NSPD Coda

ArmsControlWonk.com
August 14, 2009

Long-time readers may recall that I was fairly vexed by the utter inability of the Bush administration to produce a policy on Iran. ...

In DC, a rising star

Minneapolis Star Tribune
August 11, 2009

You have to boil it down to someone in Congress who, as soon as you walk out the door, is going to be talking to someone else about Iraq policy or education ...

In DC, a rising star

Minneapolis Star Tribune
August 10, 2009

You have to boil it down to someone in Congress who, as soon as you walk out the door, is going to be talking to someone else about Iraq policy or education ...

President deceived country into war

SunJournal.com
August 7, 2009

It's too bad that President Bush did not adopt those principles when he implemented his Iraq policy. Our whole political system is about accountability. ...

Bush administration risks a 'tipping point' over Iraq

SunJournal.com
August 7, 2009

But it's insufficient to wrap Iraq policy in the mantra of "rolling back the terrorist threat to civilization." If we "stay the course" with Bush policies ...

Left Out: What the Left Ignored About Barack Obama

Coastal Post
August 7, 2009

Obama's decision to continue the Bush administration's practice of dodging judicial scrutiny of extraordinary rendition and torture is only one of many ...

From politics to academe

p2pnet.net
August 5, 2009

Gonzales is, "widely accused of disregarding the Geneva Conventions and condoning torture during his time in President George W. Bush's administration,Ã¢ÂÂ ...

The Moderometer: Charting Obama's Zig-Zag ... Step Left ...

History News Network
August 2, 2009

Salazar argues that the Bush administration, which had auctioned off the leases in December, had not undertaken proper review procedures to avoid ...

Left Out: What the Left Ignored About Barack Obama

Axis of Logic
August 1, 2009

Obama's decision to continue the Bush administration's practice of dodging judicial scrutiny of extraordinary rendition and torture is only one of many ...

I Truly Hate That I Was Right

Daily Kos
July 26, 2009

... evils of the Bush administration and the Republican machine during their reign was to brand Democrats as unpatriotic if they disagreed with Iraq policy. ...

Learning to Listen in Iraq

Center For American Progress
July 22, 2009

the Bush administration actually engaged in a series of meetings with Iraq's neighbors toward the end of the second term. The Obama administration has not ...

Once a Renegade, Counterinsurgency Retiree Represents Iraq Norm

The Washington Independent
July 22, 2009

Lute, had his portfolio expanded at the NSC, but Iraq policy is no longer part of it. Having worked for the Bush administration, Ollivant doesn't dispute ...