Iraq War

Opinion: Trump’s North Korea Fear Mongering Is Bush Iraq Déjà Vu

Opinion: Trump’s North Korea Fear Mongering Is Bush Iraq Déjà Vu

Trump and North Korea is an eerily frightening reiteration of the Bush administration's fear-mongering about Saddam Hussein's Iraq.

7 years ago

Trump Repeats Bogus Claim That Captain Khan Would Still Be Alive If He Were President

Again, Donald Trump was not opposed to the war in Iraq.

7 years ago

Rudy Giuliani’s Appalling Claim That ‘Anything is Legal’ During a War

"Of course it’s legal. It’s a war. Until the war is over, anything is legal."

8 years ago

Trump Insanely Blames Hillary Clinton for Middle East Wars

"Hillary's wars in the Middle East have unleashed destruction, terrorism and ISIS across the world."

8 years ago

John McCain Embraces Sarah Palin’s Stupidity and Blame Obama Dysfunction

These reckless, insulting comments have become commonplace for McCain because he cares more about shifting blame than keeping Americans safe.

8 years ago

British Government Says in Iraq War it was a Victim of Poor Planning from Washington

The British government's Iraq Inquiry finds that "the timing of military action was driven entirely by the US administration."

8 years ago

Bush Created ISIS – Not Hillary Rodham Clinton

Bush's response to 9/11 played directly into Osama bin Laden's hands and provided a recruiting tool groups like ISIS could…

8 years ago

Here’s How the RNC Lies When it Says Democrats Can’t Be Trusted to Keep us Safe

The RNC would have you believe only Republicans can keep you safe, but the facts dating back to 2001 show…

8 years ago

Make No Mistake About It, George W Bush’s Iraq War Has Spread To France

It is incredibly ironic that the one American ally that vehemently protested and condemned Bush's invasion and occupation of Iraq…

8 years ago

Republicans Try To Rewrite History And Blame Obama And Hillary For Creating ISIS

The Islamic State grew out of Al Qaeda in Iraq, and of course, Al Qaeda was not IN Iraq until…

8 years ago

Republicans In Congress Still Dishonor America’s Veterans

Republicans have about as much use for America's veterans as they do America's poor, women, people of color and the…

8 years ago

Trump’s Honest Criticism of George W. Bush Exposes GOP Foreign Policy Incompetence

Trump is shining a light on exactly what Americans have to look forward to if they elect a Republican president;…

8 years ago

Never Forget That Republicans Used 9/11 To Start Two Middle East Wars

The Bush administration used a terror attack on American soil to rack up a $6 trillion debt for two wars…

9 years ago

Peace Warrior Bernie Sanders Storms The Senate And Calls Out GOP Warmongers

While announcing his support for the Iran nuclear agreement, Sen. Sanders (I-VT) called out the Republicans who wrong about Iraq…

9 years ago

Americans Still Pay Dearly For George W. Bush’s Crusade Against Islam

The mainstream media is not reporting the continuing cost of military action against an extremist organization created by George W.…

9 years ago

440 Rabbis Now Urge Congress to Support Iran Nuclear Deal

The pressure on Congress continues to mount as 340 Rabbis have become 440, and only the gang who gave us…

9 years ago

Donald Trump Agrees: Jeb! is Stupid on Iraq War

Donald Trump calls Jeb Bush's "skin in the game" comments "one of the dumbest statements" he's ever heard, and says…

9 years ago

Jeb! Goes All Stupid on Iraq with ‘Skin in the Game’ Comments

Bush decides to self-destruct on the Iraq War by saying it was a "good deal" and that America needs to…

9 years ago

Self-Proclaimed Champion of Veterans Jeb Bush, Supported Switfboating John Kerry

Jeb Bush said yesterday in response to Donald Trump's attack on John McCain that all veterans are deserving of respect:…

9 years ago

Paul Krugman Is Right The Iraq War Was A Bush Crime

Having a discussion will not change the disastrous consequences of Bush and company's crimes, bring back the three-quarters of a…

9 years ago

Louie Gohmert Says Iraq War a Mistake. Because Obama

As Jeb has reminded us, Dubya is our problem, not his. Or Gohmert's. Or the Republican Party's, it seems

9 years ago

Lindsey Graham Blames President Obama For The Mess That He Helped Cause In Iraq

South Carolina Republican Senator Lindsey Graham insisted on Monday that the Iraq War was not a mistake.

9 years ago

Jeb Bush Flip-Flops And Finally Decides That The Iraq War Was A Bad Idea

On Thursday, Bush finally relented and joined others in the GOP field in admitting that the Iraq War was a…

9 years ago

Rand Paul Prefers to Let the Refugees We Created in Iraq Suffer and Die

The invasion of Iraq and its bungled aftermath created millions of refugees. Rand Paul doesn't think the United States owes…

9 years ago

George W. Bush Reminds Americans Why He Was a Failure and An Idiot

It is true, George W. Bush is hapless, but he is also an idiot for not recognizing his own failures…

9 years ago

Why We Can’t Let Jeb Bush Pretend His Brother’s Wars Never Happened

Jeb doesn't realize how critical it is he convince us he is not his brother, because the more you listen…

9 years ago

Conservative Logic: Because Iraq Was a Just War, Sniper Chris Kyle Must be a Hero

But of course, Iraq was not a just war; far from it, it was a criminal enterprise from start to…

9 years ago

Critics of American Sniper Chris Kyle Threatened with Violence and Rape Fantasies

'It was my duty to shoot the enemy, and I don't regret it. My regrets are for the people I…

9 years ago

Republican Comparisons of Iraq and Vietnam Are Completely False and Hypocritical

If the Republicans win the White House in 2016, any new troop commitment to Iraq would be celebrated by Fox…

9 years ago

Obama Sends 1500 Advisers to Iraq – Fox News Freaks Out

As President Obama sends 1500 troops to Iraq to advise, train, and assist, Fox News sees only a broken promise…

9 years ago

President Obama Talks Strategy with Anti-ISIL Coalition

President Obama pointed to the ideological component and to the economic conditions which contribute to ISIL's recruitment of young men…

9 years ago

America Must Stay Out of Islam’s Sectarian War

No American should delude themselves that the current violence raging in Iraq and Syria is anything other than an extreme…

9 years ago

For Republicans ISIL is Only an Excuse to Attack Our President

The suspicion that Republicans are far more horrified by a black president than Islamic terrorists is borne out by the…

9 years ago

Obama Is Right Let Iraq Deal With ISIS As a Sovereign Nation

President Obama is right; Iraq can secure their own country's future" and "fight for their own country" against ISIS.

10 years ago

Why Republicans Want America To Forget 9/11

It is unlikely any American over the age of three or four will forget 911, but it is highly likely…

10 years ago

Megyn Kelly Uses Bush’s Defense of Iraq Surge to Blame Obama for ISIL

All Megyn Kelly had to do is re-write history, ignoring the fact that Bush followed up his warning by signing…

10 years ago

ISIS: George W. Bush’s Legacy or America’s Spawn?

There is a well-known phrase in the Christian bible that "you reap what you sow." America is now reaping what…

10 years ago

Republicans Fearmonger Over ISIS to Distract From Their Ineptitude

What is curious, is that Republicans are campaigning against President Obama who is not running for any political office, but…

10 years ago

Warmongering Neocon Bill Kristol Gets Raked Over The Coals Regarding His Iraq Stance

During Sunday's broadcast of ABC's This Week with George Stephanopoulos, Bill Kristol was absolutely destroyed over his opinion that the…

10 years ago

Bernie Sanders Tees Off On Dick Cheney and Vows To Adamantly Oppose Any New War In Iraq

Sen. Bernie Sanders sent a message to Dick Cheney and the other Republicans who are calling for war with Iraq.…

10 years ago

The Neocon Iraqi Lie the Mainstream Media Won’t Let Die

The sad truth is that Iraq is in the shape it is today in because of what the US has…

10 years ago

The Media Embarrasses Itself by Treating the Lying Bush Bumblers Like Iraq War Experts

America's mainstream media is as apt to repeat failures as conservatives likely due to the symbiotic relationship between corporate media…

10 years ago

Republicans Blame Obama For Iraq When It Was Bush Who Signed The Agreement to Leave

What any of the Republicans blaming Obama for pulling American troops out of Iraq in 2011 should remember, is that…

10 years ago

George W. Bush’s Head Cheerleader For The Iraq War Forgets What Year The War Started

Ari Fleischer, the White House Press Secretary under President George W. Bush during the early years of the Iraq War.…

10 years ago

John McCain Predictably Blames Obama For Iraq Violence And Calls For Widespread Firings

During an interview on Morning Joe Friday morning, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) predictably placed the recent flare-up of ethnic violence…

10 years ago

Republicans Lose Their Minds Over the Fact That the War in Afghanistan is Ending

The reaction from three Republicans on the Senate Armed Services Committee to the President's announcement that America's longest war was…

10 years ago

Change You Can Believe In: Obama and Hollande Destroy the War Monger Model

Anti-WMD alert: In a joint OpEd Monday, President Obama and President Hollande wrote about how their deepening partnership offers a…

10 years ago

Stephen Colbert Brilliantly Mocks The Neo-Con Fascination With Neverending War

On Monday night's episode of The Colbert Report, Stephen Colbert brilliantly took down conservatives's positions on the wars in Iraq…

10 years ago

Fox News Insults Veterans On The Air By Claiming Obamacare is Worse Than The Iraq War

Fox News managed to insult and demean our nation's veterans today by claiming that Obamacare is worse than the Iraq…

10 years ago

Remember 9/11 and Never Forget What George W. Bush’s Incompetence Did to America

As the nation remembers the American lives lost at the hands of a terrorist gang, they should take stock of…

11 years ago

GOP Rep. Jim Bridenstine of Oklahoma Calls Obama Unfit and Biden Embarrassing

On Monday, Rep. Jim Bridenstine (R-Okla.), forgot not only President Bush but his fellow ethically-challenged House Republicans, and excoriated President…

11 years ago

Ted Nugent Was Too Cowardly to Serve But He Blames Obama For Veterans’ Suicides

A coward leveled blame on President Obama for the plight of Veterans who survived the perils of war only to…

11 years ago

The Iraq Invasion Could Be a Worse Foreign Policy Decision than the Vietnam War

This month, an article argued the Iraq War was the single worst foreign policy decision in US history. This may…

11 years ago

Republicans Won’t Fund Roads or Schools But Funded Two Wars to Benefit the Rich

Most Americans do not object to debt when they receive something in return such as road or schools, but a…

11 years ago

Speaking of Hubris, This is the Reason Why Republicans Hate Chuck Hagel

The real reason why Republicans hate Chuck Hagel is that he was one of the few elected officials on either…

11 years ago

When It Comes to War Mitt Romney is George W. Bush With Magic Underwear

If Willard Romney controls the world's most powerful military will repeat the Iraq and Afghanistan disasters because he is, after…

12 years ago

From Draft Dodging to War Mongering Mitt Romney is George W. Bush

If Romney were not a coward, he would campaign as Bush incarnate and promise voters to exceed Bush's malfeasance and…

12 years ago

John McCain’s Eternal War Against Gays At Home and American Soldiers Abroad

John McCain is a war hero, and advocates permanent wars regardless the cost in lives and drain on the economy.…

13 years ago

Fox News Finds Hidden Messages in Obama’s Iraq Speech

On Fox and Friends this morning the panel claimed that President Obama's Iraq speech contained hidden messages about a second…

14 years ago

Earth, Wind and Oil: Big Energy Triumphs Over Democracy

With the BP oil spill still raging after a month of disinformation and stonewalling from both BP and the Obama…

14 years ago

From Clinton to Obama: Reregulating the Deregulatory Era

Coming from what many would consider a "far Left" ideological foundation, my assertion is that this antagonism between the so-called…

14 years ago

The WikiLeaks Video and Progressive Responsibility in Unnecessary Wars

I protested the Iraq war, way before it was cool to do so, and the Wikileaks Video of “Collateral Murder”…

14 years ago

Karl Rove Wishes That Everyone Would Forget About His Crimes

Karl Rove was on Fox News last night discussing the recent incident where Code Pink co-founder Jodie Evans tried to…

14 years ago

Obama: U.S. Combat Troops Out of Iraq by the End of August

In his remarks today about the successful completion of Iraq's second ever national election, President Barack Obama said that there…

14 years ago

Bill O’Reilly Compares Obama and Heathcare to George W. Bush and Iraq

On his FNC program The O'Reilly Factor, host Bill O'Reilly engaged in full blown fear mongering tonight as he compared…

14 years ago

Official Army History Reveals How George W. Bush Ignored Afghanistan

This week The New York Times ran a draft of the soon to be published official Army history of the…

14 years ago

Republicans Impose Their “Decider” Approach re Afghanistan Strategy

Republicans are insinuating that Obama's "delay", aka, seeking input from naysayers and congress before making a decision regarding strategy in…

14 years ago