Dec 15, 2005: Bush Gives Another Reason for Iraq Invasion Comments: 0 | Categories:
Iraq War Debate A Knight Ridder Newspapers and the Chicago Tribune article published in the Seattle Times under the headline "Bush winds up campaign to counter Iraq criticism" notes that "In the latest example of a broader White House campaign to rescue his...
Dec 14, 2005: Mr. Bush Admits Making Mistakes on Iraq Comments: 0 | Categories:
Iraq War Debate "On the eve of Thursday's [December 15, 2005] parliamentary elections in Iraq, President George W. Bush did something he rarely likes to do: He admitted a mistake. Sort of," according to a Newsweek column by Richard Wolffe and Holly Bailey...
Dec 14, 2005: It's the Same Old Song on Iraq and It's Out of Tune Comments: 0 | Categories:
Iraq War Debate During a December 14, 2005 speech at the Woodrow Wilson Center in Washington, D.C. U.S. President George W. Bush stuck to his long-held position that he invaded Iraq because former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein was threat to U.S. national security,...
Dec 6, 2005: Plan For Victory, Prepare For Defeat Comments: 0 | Categories:
Iraq War Debate Be careful what you wish for because you might just get it. President George W. Bush, all war-party Democrats and right-wing talking heads should keep this in mind when they speak about continuing the war in Iraq until the United...
Dec 5, 2005: Obama Doesn't Feel Comfortable Saying Bring Troops Home Now Comments: 0 | Categories:
Iraq War Debate Senator Barack Obama (Democrat of Illinois] told the Chicago Tribune's editorial board on December 5, 2005:It is arguable that the best politics going into '06 would be a clear succinct message: `Let's bring our troops home [from Iraq]. It's certainly...
Nov 27, 2005: The Politics Behind the Iraq Prewar Debate Comments: 0 | Categories:
Iraq War Debate David Westphal, the Sacramento Bee's Washington Bureau Chief, says in a November 27, 2005 article that: The issue of why Bush chose war is once again front-and- center, with war critics suggesting the administration may have exaggerated prewar claims of...
Nov 27, 2005: Has Cheny's Attacks on Democrats Helped Bush? Comments: 0 | Categories:
Iraq War Debate Chris Cillizza and Peter Slevin have an item in today's Washington Post that says:Democrats fumed last week at Vice President Cheney's suggestion that criticism of the administration's war policies was itself becoming a hindrance to the war effort. But a...
Nov 27, 2005: Cindy Sheehan: 'We Don't Hate Anybody Comments: 0 | Categories:
Iraq War Debate Rosalind S. Helderman of The Washington Post quotes antiwar activist Cindy Sheehan as telling supporters during the November 25, 2005 "unveiling of a permanent sandstone monument in memory of her son, Casey, a soldier who was killed in Iraq in...
Nov 27, 2005: Raleigh News & Observer: Military Towns in N.C. Still Back Iraq War Comments: 0 | Categories:
Iraq War Debate The Raleigh News & Observer says military towns in N.C. still back the Iraq war. That shouldn't be a surprise. The interesting story would be if they didn't.
Nov 14, 2005: Come on, Senator. It Will be Business as Usual. Comments: 0 | Categories:
Iraq War Debate Senator Pat Roberts of Kansas, the Republican chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, said on the November 13, 2005 edition of "Fox News Sunday, "I think a lot of us would really stop and think a moment before...