Global War On Terror

In her already-infamous podcast interview with St. Cloud Times reporter Larry Schumacher, U.S. Rep. Michelle Bachmann, R-Minn., sounded pretty certain Iran had “already decided” to partition Iraq. “There’s already an agreement made,” she said, to “create a terrorist safe haven zone” in the northwest part of Iraq. While iffy on the details, she even offered [...]

He spent six weeks at boot camp and four weeks training to be a Humvee mechanic, but when 24-year-old Army specialist Casey Sheehan was sent to Iraq in March 2004, it was a matter of days before he was dead, killed in combat along with seven others when his battalion was attacked near Sadr City. [...]

As a follow-up to President Bush’s speech on increasing troops in Iraq, we have asked Tom McLaughlin, the Legislative Officer for the 2nd District of the Minnesota Veterans of Foreign Wars, for his reaction. McLaughlin was able to listen to only part of the President’s speech (due to a meeting conflict) but all of Rep. [...]

As a follow-up to President Bush’s speech on troop increase, we have asked Al Franken, comedian, talk show host, and possible 2008 senate candidate, for his reaction.

This is too little, too late.  Obviously, the war was a huge mistake from the start, but when we made the original mistake of going in, President Bush also [...]

As a follow-up to President Bush’s speech on troop increas, we have asked Charley Underwood, peace activist, for his reaction.

Watching the president’s speech tonight is a lot like watching a Greek tragedy.  You know that the ending will be unspeakably sad, but there is a morbid fascination in watching it all unfold.

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As a follow-up to President Bush’s speech on troop increase, we have asked Kurt Schiebel, a political blogger with a son currently serving in the military, for his reaction to the address.  Here’s what Kurt had to say.

I want so desperately to support the necessary fight against terrorism. There are bad people out there, and [...]