Hold Fast

Alan Grayson is probably the freshman Congressman who has most impressed me. The man works his ass off and takes his position seriously. He’s conducted some of the most grueling examinations of the administrators bailouts at Treasury and recipients of bailout money. Now, in an interview in Vanity Fair, Grayson is making sense on Iraq. […]

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Richard Smith at VetVoice has an incredibly poignant push-back on Dick Cheney’s recent pro-torture, image rehabilitation tour. Richard writes:
[O]ur American way of life includes concepts of freedom from tyranny and a certain American personal independence that has been passed down through the many generations of this nation. If we are to believe that torturing human […]

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Brandon Friedman of VoteVets is interviewed by Bill in Portland Maine for Daily Kos Cheers & Jeers series. It’s a pretty interesting interview and definitely worth a read. Brandon is a veteran of the Afghanistan and Iraq wars and is, in my opinion, one of the sharpest voices for young veterans of America’s 21st centuries […]

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Alex Horton of Army of Dude is, in my opinion, one of the best writers in the blogosphere. He’s a veteran of the Iraq war and a contributor at VetVoice. His posts on his time in Iraq, often filled with photos and videos, have been one of my most important windows into the war, free […]

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Brandon Friedman at VoteVets has much more about the campaign launched today by VoteVets, WesPAC, and Brave New Films to put pressure on John McCain to support a new GI Bill.
Sign the petition to McCain at The Real McCain.

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I think Joe Lieberman has been spending way too much time with John McCain.
Well, I think that - let me say generally that Sen. Obama doesn’t come to this debate with a lot of credibility…
If we did what Sen. Obama wanted us to do last year, Al-Qaeda in Iran would be in control of Iraq […]

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Brandon Friedman at VetVoice calls attention to recent comments by Army Vice Chief of Staff Gen. Richard Cody and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Michael Mullen that both speak to the military reaching a breaking point because of Iraq, one that threatens its ability to exist as an all-volunteer force. Friedman sees […]

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Gorilla’s Guides:
FALLUJAH, Mar 26 (IPS) - Iraqi doctors in al-Anbar province warn of a new disease they call “Blackwater” that threatens the lives of thousands. The disease is named after Blackwater Worldwide, the U.S. mercenary company operating in Iraq.
“This disease is a severe form of malarial infection caused by the parasite plasmodium falciparum, which is […]

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Dick Cheney, on why the 4,000 Americans who died fighting in Iraq don’t give him pause:
Noting the burden placed on military families, the vice president said the biggest burden is carried by President George W. Bush, who made the decision to commit US troops to war, and reminded the public that U.S. troops in Iraq […]

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The NY Times blog has a remarkable piece by an ex-Marine who was working in the Pentagon on 9/11 and was among the first into Baghdad when the city was conquered. Tim McLaughlin gives us a great insight into what he experienced and what it meant to him. Give it a read.

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