The Darkness of Lord Cheney

From Thinkprogress

Cheney has piece of house where Zarqawi died ‘on display.’

In a cover story on “how Bush decided on the surge,” the Weekly Standard’s Fred Barnes declared that “it’s clear the surge has been a success” and noted that Vice President Dick Cheney has a gruesome souvenir from Iraq:

The week before Camp David, Abu Musab al Zarqawi, the al Qaeda leader in Iraq, had been killed. (Cheney has a piece of the house where Zarqawi died on display at his residence.)

Image from my questionable imagination and photoshop skills.

The Bloody Game of Whack-o-Mole Continues

This is what the warmongers won't tell you. There still isn't enough American troops to chase Al Quaida from Iraq. It's always one more offensive or one more operation and we'll have them on the ropes. Iraq now has close to a half-million man army with 5 years to train up to defend their country. Once again, the problem is not for lack of training--it is for lack of will and cohesion of the numerous fractured parts we call Iraq. Eight more US soldiers killed in the past two days.
I wonder if GW Bush will mention them tonight in his State of the Union screed. I kind of doubt it.

Monday: 5 US Soldiers, 17 Iraqis Killed; 15 Iraqis Wounded

Updated at 12:30 p.m. EST, Jan. 28, 2008

Five American soldiers were killed during a combined attack today in Mosul. Overall, 17 Iraqis were killed and another 15 were wounded across the country. In Basra, two Arab nationals were killed during a bombing as well. Also, Sadrists are urging their leader Muqtada al-Sadr not to renew a cease-fire that ends next month.

Sunday: 3 US Soldiers, 14 Iraqis Killed; 12 Iraqis Wounded

Pre-Historical Back to the Future Whitewash

In the Washington Post today a pair of wingnut apologists in general and Bush apologist in particular, attempt to warn us that although Bush is a disaster now, things could change in the distant future.

Reaching for a Place in History

By Lou Cannon and Carl M. Cannon

Sunday, January 27, 2008; Page B01

As President Bush prepares to deliver his last State of the Union address tomorrow night, a legion of pundits, politicians and, yes, historians is already assigning the 43rd president his final place in history. These commentators, and especially those who confidently assert that Bush is the "worst president in history," would do well to remember the British historian C.V. Wedgwood's observation: "History is written backward but lived forward. Those who know the end of the story can never know what it was like at the time." We all know -- or think we do -- what things are like in our union now, with an economy hitting a rough patch and a foreign war grinding on with no end in sight. But we don't know how the story will turn out.
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Well, gentlemen, it's gonna take a whole lot 'a spinnin indeed to turn Bush and his turdblossum [El Rove] into a say, Abe Lincoln, or that guy who chopped down the Cherry tree. Who was he now? oh yea, another George. But anyway, it is comforting to ponder future generations coming to understand and look back in wonderment of George Walker Bush; and they'll have the above video to study, admire and hopefully decipher what it all means.

Sunday Iraq Report

Anti-war.com

Sunday: 2 US Soldiers, 9 Iraqis Killed; 8 Iraqis Wounded

At least nine Iraqis were killed and eight more were wounded during a light day of violence. Also, two American soldiers were killed. Meanwhile, Iraqi troops are on their way to Mosul for a major operation.

In northeastern Baghdad today, an IED killed a American soldier. Another U.S. soldier was killed during an IED bombing in Baghdad’s Kadhimiya district yesterday.

Updated at 6:20 p.m. EST, Jan. 27, 2008

At least 14 Iraqis were killed and 12 more were wounded during a light day of violence. Also, two American soldiers were killed. Meanwhile, Iraqi troops are on their way to Mosul for a major operation.

Broke the Cute-o-Meter

Friday Iraq Report

Today 55 Iraqi's died in their non-civil war surge protected state. We must give thanks to the God General Petraeus for saving Iraq and bringing peace and civility to it's sandy windswept landscape. In order to properly savor this victory, one must cheer the 250 Iraqi's who didn't die today, which would mean the surge is not working and Iraq is having a civil war. If you have doubts just ask The American Thinker for the comforting facts.

Friday: 55 Iraqis Killed, 4 Wounded Anti-war.com

Updated at 6:20 p.m. EST, Jan. 25, 2008

Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki announced today a major offensive against al-Qaeda in Mosul, where a major bombing killed about three dozen people two days ago. Mosul is considered al-Qaeda’s last urban stronghold in Iraq. Elsewhere, at least 55 Iraqis were killed and another four were wounded in attacks and raids. Most of the dead were al-Qaeda suspects.

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Friday's Lesson in Wingnut Logic

Courtesy of Think Progress.

Mike Huckabee's analysis on Saddam's WMD that were not where they were supposed to be.
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Everybody can look back and say, oh well we didn’t find the weapons. Doesn’t meet that they weren’t there. Just because you didn’t find every Easter egg didn’t mean it wasn’t planted.

I think it’s more likely that that weapons of mass destruction that we know that he at one time had, he used weapons against the Kurds, good chance they may have gone to Jordan. We don’t know where they are.

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So children, Easter is right around the corner, so prepare to deploy to sunny Iraq for the Great WMD Easter Egg Hunt .

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