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Mike Johnson Despicably Smears Biden With Un-American Attack
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA) responded to the Biden Middle East strikes with an un-American attack on the President.
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Biden and Iraqi PM to Announce End of U.S. Combat Mission in Iraq
President Joe Biden and Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi are expected to announce an agreement to end the U.S. combat mission in Iraq by the end of the year. The Associated Press was able to confirm the news after speaking to a White House official who said that the plan “to shift the American military mission,…
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Schumer Supports Repealing U.S. Authorization for War in Iraq
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) announced he supports repealing the 2002 Authorization for Use of Military Force (AUMF) in Iraq, the first time he has expressed support for repealing the authorization. Schumer said repealing the authorization “will eliminate the danger of a future administration reaching back into the legal dust bin to use it…
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New Year Wishes and a Warning: Stay Vigilant!
New Year is coming with mixed tidings, the good with the bad, with genuine evil in its wake, a Republican wrecking ball aimed right at us
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The World Can’t Afford Donald Trump: Narcissist-in-Chief
The world has many conflict hotspots, but a narcissist like Donald Trump would make them about himself, rather than what’s good for America
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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 has now felt the horrific results of terrorists created by Bush’s folly in attacking and slaughtering hundreds-of-thousands of innocent Muslims, and creating the Islamic State.
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Hobby Lobby Owners Under Investigation for Illegally Acquiring Stolen Artifacts
The Green Family, owners of Hobby Lobby, if guilty, would seem to have one set of morals for others, and none for themselves
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What Everyone Needs to Know About the Islamic State
In this book, Daniel Byman explores global jihadism from its beginnings in 1979 to today, from the mujaheddin to the menacing Islamic State
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Trump Reportedly Tells Hollywood Audience We Should Have Invaded Mexico Instead Of Iraq
Donald Trump reportedly told an audience of Hollywood conservatives that the United States should have invaded Mexico instead of Iraq.
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Lindsey Graham Says Rand Paul Nomination Would Put Him Into a Coma
With an almost comedic and absolute lack of self-awareness, Lindsey Graham claims Rand Paul is the GOP’s looming disaster
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Biker Thugs Converge On Arizona Mosque Armed Looking For War
But now, the Texas-size extremism is spreading to Arizona and it includes Texas-style armed biker thugs, conspiracy theorists, and anti-Muslim sentiments that set Texas apart as right-wing extremist central.
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The Islamic State – Other People’s Business?
Republicans like to blame Obama, but Bush had already created ISIL, and Obama cannot un-create them, because Obama cannot un-invade Iraq
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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 million dead Iraqi civilians or thousands of American soldiers, it may inform Americans of the intent of Republicans defending the invasion and occupation.
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Republicans Push the Benghazi Video Lie to Discredit Hillary Clinton
But there really was an offensive video, and it did actually offend Muslims, and it did actually play a role in the attack that left four Americans dead
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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
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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.
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Hillary Clinton Clearly Says What No Republican Will: Iraq Was a Mistake
Unlike the Republican candidates who are falling over themselves to avoid saying that Bush got Iraq wrong, Sec. Clinton said it straight. It was a mistake.
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One Bush is Like Another: Jeb Doesn’t Know. Jeb Doesn’t Care
It is hard to believe Jeb Bush really wants to be president, with the things he says. Maybe it’s just that he’s missing a Dick Cheney of his own
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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 mistake.
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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 them anything
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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 as president and in fact actually regards himself as a raging success.
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Scott Walker Talks Up GOP Common Sense While Proving He Has None in NH Speech
Walker throws facts and history to the wind as he talks up a fantasy GOP with common sense that nowhere exists and has no chance of existing
Michele Bachmann Is Still Bonkers, Compares Obama To Deranged Germanwings Co-Pilot
Former Minnesota Congresswoman Michele Bachmann (R) compared President Obama to Andreas Lubitz, the deranged German co-pilot who crashed Germanwings Flight 9525, on her Facebook page Tuesday. Bachmann posted: With his Iran deal, Barack Obama is for the 300 million souls of the United States what Andreas Lubitz was for the 150 souls on the German Wings…
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John Bolton Was Wrong About Iraq WMDs But Says Trust him on Iran Nukes
John Bolton’s New York Times op-ed exposes not only Bolton’s flawed thinking but the Times’ tendency to ape Fox News
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Conservative Radio Host: If You Oppose Netanyahu, You Oppose God
What emerges is Netanyahu as some sort of American super patriot for wanting to drag us into the war Republicans can’t, because Obama’s a bully
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GOP Iran Letter Was A Push For A Regime Change War And Defense Industry Profits
The truth, and true purpose of the letter, has really never been in question; specifically because the filthy little neo-con who originated it has broadcast the purpose for the world to hear for months.
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Jeb Bush Tells Iowans Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton Let Us Down
Jeb Bush can look at an Iraq wracked by civil war and marauding barbarians, and somehow imagine that America power is a force for good.
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Republicans, Not President Obama, Are Anti-Semitic and Un-American
Conservatives claim Obama is an anti-Semite. This is a stunning claim, particularly because Republicans, tea partiers, and so-called Christians are raging anti-Semites of the highest order.
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GOP Lunacy In Criticizing Obama’s ISIS Strategy At CPAC
Now they are lining up at the annual Aryan-sponsored conservative conclave to accuse the President of all manner of malfeasance in cleaning up and dealing with George W. Bush’s religious crusade in Iraq that engendered the rise of Islamic extremists known as the Islamic State (IS, ISIS, ISIL).
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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 to him, the more alike they sound
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Morning Joe Wants Obama To Send More Troops To Fight ISIL Than Were Used In Vietnam War
During Thursday’s broadcast of Morning Joe, host Joe Scarborough whined about the Authorization for the Use of Military Force that President Obama put forth on Wednesday in regards to the ongoing situation with ISIL in the Middle East.
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Obama Limits Use Of Ground Troops in Proposed ISIL Fight Authorization
The following is a Letter from the President to the U.S. Congress regarding authorization for the Use of United States Armed Forces in connection with the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.
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Clay Hunt Suicide Prevention Act to be Signed into Law by President Obama Thursday
Something is finally about to be done about veteran suicide prevention, as Senate, House, and President join to make the Clay Hunt Act law.
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Jon Stewart Uses Brian Williams Fiasco To Call Out Media For Accepting Bush’s Iraq War Lies
During Monday night’s broadcast of The Daily Show, host Jon Stewart addressed the recent revelation that NBC News anchor Brian Williams had made false claims about taking rocket fire during a helicopter ride in Iraq in 2003.
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The Radical Right Can’t Handle The Truth From President Obama
The point is that all Christians should advocate and revere the truth with religious fervor; unless it is uttered by President Barack Obama at which point they “can’t handle the truth.”
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The Enemies of Democracy Are Not Threats from Without But from Within
We see demagogues, unregulated capitalism, and might-makes-right. These, as populism, ultraliberalism, and political messianism, are the enemy
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Fox News Host Says America “Saved The Planet” By Using Snipers And Invading Other Countries
During Sunday morning’s broadcast of Fox & Friends, co-host Charles Payne outlandishly claimed that the United States “saved the planet” and moved a billion people into the middle class by engaging in war across the globe.
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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 finish
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Republicans’ Allegiance Is to Israel; Not America
It is obvious now that America is not in an ‘official war,’ Republicans need a fear-mongering diatribe from Netanyahu on the pressing necessity for anything to draw America into another Middle East war
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Lindsey Graham Doubles Down On Claim That Obama’s Policies Are “Getting People Killed”
During an appearance on Meet the Press Sunday, frequent Sunday show guest Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) reiterated his previous claim that the policies of President Obama was “getting people killed.”
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The Possibility of Obama Successfully Negotiating with Iran has GOP Freaking Out
Only Republicans would see a war slipping through their fingers as a loss, and losing this chance is almost too much for John Boehner to bear
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Former Republican Congressman Wants Islamists To Behead The “Cowards” At CNN And MSNBC
Former one-term Republican Congressman Joe Walsh sent out a series of tweets Wednesday calling for Islamists to target the “appeasing cowards” at CNN and MSNBC first if the United States was to suffer another terrorist attack.
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Hacktivist Group Anonymous Declares War on ISIL
What will #OpCharlieHebdo mean for ISIL? Given the hacktivist group’s record so far, ISIL might want to refer back to the KKK for an answer
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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 couldn’t save: Marines, soldiers, buddies. I’m not naive, and I don’t romanticize war. The worst moments of my life have come as a SEAL. But I can stand before God with a clear conscience about…
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Republicans Condemn North Korean Human Rights Violations While Ignoring Their Own
The hypocrisy of this nation co-sponsoring a resolution condemning anyone country for human rights abuses (torture) is beyond the pale. Particularly in light of the recent Senate Intelligence Report verifying what the world has known for several years; America is guilty of committing gross human rights abuses on its own citizens and “suspected terrorists” held in captivity.
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Former Tea Party Congressman Says Americans Should Be Proud We Engage In Torture
Former Republican Congressman and current conservative radio host Joe Walsh appeared on CNN Wednesday morning to discuss his tweets and comments in the aftermath of the release of the Senate’s report on the CIA’s use of torture.
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CIA Torture Program Was Brutal And Ineffective
The Senate Intelligence Committee’s executive summary reveals that the CIA torture program was both brutal and ineffective.
The Cloyingly Sweet Rot of Nationalism
Love of country should never be fueled hate. It should be sufficient unto itself, desirable for its own sake. It should be its own end, not an excuse
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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 News rather than condemned.
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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 and troops on the ground
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No Joke – Scholar Tells us President Obama Could Learn from President Bush
David Rothkopf says, “Bush recognized the urgent need for change and instituted a sweeping reordering of his administration, its policies and priorities.”
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Undaunted Patriots Fight Republican Block the Vote Tyranny
The American people are truly exceptional and it is heartening to know they will continue to fight against Republican tyranny to win elections and brutalize the people.
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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 from across the region
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 sectarian war between the two major Islamic sects, or that American military intervention is ever going to bring a cessation to the violence.
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Propaganda Demonizing Islam Is Starting to Infect Public Schools
Of course the Americans putting Goebbels’s propaganda tactics into practice are Fox News, neo-conservatives, Republicans, and their religious right sycophants, and their big lie is that the greatest threat to this nation is every person who adheres to the Muslim faith.
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Lace ‘Em Up: Why Neo-Conservatives Are So Anxious To Put Boots On The Ground
Republicans are itching to bring in ground troops against ISIS. The reason stems from an incessant desire to prove American superiority through military means.
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U.S. Intel Failures Have Become the Latest Republican Benghazi Hoax
Led by Fox News (again), the mainstream media’s reaction to Obama’s admission of American intel failures has become the latest Benghazi hoax
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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 rhetoric
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Dem Rep Slams Do-Nothing Congress For Skipping Town Without Voting On War Authorization
During an appearance on Fox News Sunday, Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) criticized Congress for leaving Washington on a lengthy recess without having a debate or vote on a new authorization for use of military force (AUMF) to be used in regards to the conflict with ISIS in Syria and Iraq.
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SOFA Has Become As Mythical for Fox News as George W. Bush
The one thing you will never hear mentioned by Fox News is SOFA. It gets in the way of their Obama is to blame for ISIL narrative
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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.
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John McCain Despicably Pushes For Full-Scale Middle East War During ISIS Senate Hearing
On Wednesday afternoon, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) was his normal warmongering self as he grilled Secretary of State John Kerry over the Obama Administration’s strategy to deal with ISIS.
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Republican Living in Fantasyland Accuses Obama of Living in Fantasyland
Marsha Blackburn says, “Words matter, actions matter . . . You can’t just go say [we’ve] changed all the rules,” even as she invents facts
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ISIL and the Limits of the Republican Alternate Reality Bubble
The U.S. must tread carefully in Iraq. The GOP’s reality bubble will not protect them – or the rest of us – from real world, as opposed to fantasy, consequences
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Religious Right Calls for Deportation, Sterilization and Holy War on Muslims
Even while WND’s Joseph Farah claims there is no difference between CAIR and ISIL, we see Duck Dynasty’s Phil Robertson embrace ISIL’s own policy, that Muslims must “convert or die.”
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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 the majority of Americans will forget the long-lasting devastation an incompetent Republican administration’s response wrought on the nation.
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Gallup: Republicans Better Able to Defend Against Terrorism, Keep America Prosperous
The GOP has been able to destroy this country while getting Americans to willingly participate in their own demise with flag-waving and cheers
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House Republicans Conspire With War Criminal Dick Cheney to Plot Iraq Strategy
House Republicans met with war criminal Dick Cheney for counsel on dealing with IS, and likely to promote a new Iraq war.
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For Fox News, a Tired Old Hoax Trumps Obama Outperforming Reagan
Where does a strong economy get you when you’re a black president and outperform Reagan on job creation? It gets you to Benghazi.
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Fumbling Toward War: The GOP’s Foreign Policy of Hate
Republican foreign policy is a tortured and terrifying admixture of religious dogmatism, political ideology, and corporate thirst for profit
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Duck Dynasty’s Phil Robertson Embraces ISIS’ Theological Mindset
Apparently, ISIS utilizing America’s war tactics caught the attention of Robertson and his Christian theology informs him it is time for America to embrace the ISIS tactics and religious ideology, and as a Christian nation issue an ultimatum to the Islamic terrorists to “convert or be killed.”
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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 SOFA, agreeing to withdraw US troops from Iraq
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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 it sowed by invading innocent Muslim nations and brutalizing innocent civilians for well over a decade.
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Fox News’ Sean Hannity Treats Duck Dynasty’s Phil Robertson Like He’s An Expert On ISIS
On Tuesday night’s episode of Hannity, host Sean Hannity welcomed Duck Dynasty star and renowned homophobe Phil Robertson on the set to discuss the recent developments in the Middle East surrounding the radical Islamist group ISIS.
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ISIL Will Continue its Terror Campaign Until the World Says Enough! And Means it
The American people will have to decide if they are more tired of war or of the terrorists of ISIL
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House Republican Leader Defends Obama’s Comments Regarding Military Strategy In Syria
During Friday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s The Daily Rundown, Rep. Tom Cole (R-OK), the Deputy Majority Whip in the House, spoke with host Chuck Todd regarding President Obama’s comments during a Thursday press conference where he said that there isn’t a strategy yet when it comes to bombing ISIS in Syria.
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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 since they cannot run on their records in Congress, they are using conditions in Iraq to frighten Americans into supporting the GOP.
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The Republican Embrace of ISIL-Type Violence
Andrea Tantaros at Fox News says Islam can only be “solved” with a bullet to the head. You know, like ISIL is “solving” other religions.
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Sounding Like a Presidential Candidate Bernie Sanders Says U.S. Can’t Act Alone On Iraq
In a statement on Iraq, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) said that the world needs to step up in dealing with ISIS, and in the process he sounded a lot like a 2016 presidential candidate.
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Obama Answers Republican Calls To Return To War In Iraq With A Resounding No
During an update on the situation in Iraq, President Obama had a message for Republicans who are calling for a return to war. The president repeated that there is no U.S. military solution for Iraq’s problems.
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CBS Allows John McCain And Lindsey Graham To Beat The War Drums Over Iraq And Israel
During Sunday’s broadcast of CBS’s Face the Nation, host Bob Schieffer had on Republican Senators Lindsey Graham and John McCain. Both men were ostensibly on to discuss the recent issues in Israel, as well as the ongoing situation in Iraq.
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Sheriff Joe Arpaio Wants to Invade Mexico
Sheriff Joe doesn’t say how, precisely, U.S. troops would accomplish their mission once we’ve got boots on the ground but as we know from Iraq, Republicans don’t actually worry about such things
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Bill Clinton Tears Dick Cheney a New One For Trying To Blame Iraq Violence On Obama
Former President Bill Clinton delivered a charmingly devastating blow to former Vice President Dick Cheney today as he pushed back hard on Cheney’s criticism of Obama’s Iraq policy.
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Regarding Surge In Iraqi Violence, Majority Of Americans Feel That US Should Not Intervene
CBS News and The New York Times released a poll Monday showing that 50% of Americans feel that the United States does not have a responsibility to do something about the recent violence in Iraq.
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President Obama Compares Neocon Strategy In Middle East To Playing ‘Whack-A-Mole’
Mika Brzezinski on MSNBC’s Morning Joe was able to score an interview with President Obama that aired on Monday morning. Obviously, the interview centered around the situation in Iraq and the growing sectarian violence, led by extremist group ISIS, that has rocked that country.
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Obama Hits Back Against GOP Warmongers: No Amount Of US Firepower Can Hold Iraq Together
On CNN’s New Day, President Obama made his strongest statement yet against Republicans who are calling for ground troops in Iraq. The president said, “There’s no amount of American firepower that’s going to be able to hold the country together.”
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Dick Cheney Claims Obama Is ‘Dead Wrong’ On Iraq While Rand Paul Insists Cheney Is To Blame
Former Vice President Dick Cheney was on ABC’s This Week with George Stephanopoulos Sunday to discuss the recent violence in Iraq, as well as his infamous op-ed in the Wall Street Journal where he claimed that President Obama is directly responsible for the chaos in Iraq and the Middle East.
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For Reasons They Will Never Admit Republicans Are Responsible For The Attack on Benghazi
Republicans are ultimately responsible for the attack on the Benghazi outpost for several reasons they will never admit, but that does not absolve them for their very substantial role in the diplomats’ deaths or eliminate the need for a special prosecutor to hold them accountable for inciting Islamist militants to attack Americans.
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Fox News Gets Busted for Falsely Claiming that Obama Released the ‘New Bin Laden’
PolitiFact finds Fox News “false” for claiming that ISIS leader Abu Bakr al Baghdadi was “released by Obama in 2009.” He was released under Bush, according to the DOD.
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Obama Smacks Down GOP, “American combat troops will not be fighting in Iraq again.”
In a statement/press conference at the White House today, President Obama made it clear that Republicans are not going to get their way. American combat troops won’t be returning to Iraq.
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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 already done. How, we must ask ourselves now, is doing it again going to undo it?
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Harry Reid Blasts Cheney Says All He Wants To Hear From Former VP Is an Apology for Iraq
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) took to the Senate floor today to rip into Dick Cheney for pushing more war with Iraq. Reid said, “To be on the wrong side of Dick Cheney is to be on the right side of history.”
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Dick Cheney Rewrites History And Blames Iraq Violence On Obama In Disgusting Op-Ed
Dick Cheney, along with his daughter Liz, penned an unbelievable piece of retcon tripe for the Wall Street Journal where they claimed that Obama lost the war that was already won, while at the same time positioning Dick Cheney as a hero.
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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 and the conservative movement.
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What A Surprise! Neocon Warmonger Bill Kristol Wants Thousands Of US Troops In Iraq
During a panel discussion on Tuesday’s Morning Joe, neocon torchbearer and Weekly Standard editor Bill Kristol attempted to make the case that the United States needs to send thousands of troops into Iraq for an indefinite period of time without any clear mission.
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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 in October 2008 George W. Bush was president when the Status of Forces Agreement was drafted and ratified by Iraqi lawmakers a month later in November 2008.
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Plea To The Mainstream Media — Can You Please Cut Off John McCain’s Mic?
On Friday, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) appeared on five different cable news shows to discuss the recent flare up of sectarian violence in Iraq and directly blame it all on President Obama and his administration.
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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. took to Twitter on Friday to help conservatives pin the blame on Obama for the recent surge of violence in Iraq.
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President Obama Announces That the U.S. Won’t Be Sending Combat Troops Back Into Iraq
President Obama announced today that, while the U.S. is willing to do their part to help deal with a terrorist insurgency, he will not be sending combat troops back to Iraq.
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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 in Iraq at the President’s feet.
