Be All You Can Be: A Felon

http://rawstory.com/news/2008/Army_doubled_felony_waivers_for_recruits_0421.html

This quote pretty much says it all:

The Army doubled the number of waivers it issued to allow convicted felons to enlist between 2006 and 2007, while felony waivers issued to Marine recruits increased by nearly 70 percent, according to newly released numbers from the Pentagon.

Yeah, these are exactly the types of people you want representing you when you're trying to build a democracy. Any wonder why the Iraqis aren't falling all over themselves to kiss our feet in gratitude?

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The question is not, as John Kerry asked about Vietnam, "How do you ask a man to be the last man to die for a mistake?"

The question is instead, "How do you ask a man to be the last man to die for one asshole's ego?"

Poll: 71 Percent Think Iraq Spending Hurts Economy

http://edition.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/03/18/poll.iraq.economy/index.html

When asked for comment Dick Cheney replied, "tell them to go fuck themselves."

Bill Maher on Abu Ghraib

"Abu Grab-Ass Prison was the Muslims' worst nightmare--that we would invade an Arab country and there would be pictures of our hillbilly women pointing at their wieners."

Lynndie England: "It was the Media's Fault"

http://agonist.org/20080318/she_is_one_sick_peep

Is there ANYBODY in America willing to take responsibility for their own actions anymore? I was as sympathetic as anyone to the notion that the soldiers caught up in the Abu Ghraib scandal were not nearly as culpable for their actions as the brass who put them there and got off scott free.

Then I see this, and I just shake my head. Here is a direct quote from England:

"I felt pissed off. If the media hadn't exposed the pictures to that extent, then thousands of lives would have been saved."

Also note that this story was published in a German news magazine. I guess if you're a young American woman, our corproate media doesn't care what you have to say unless your name is Brittney Spears, Paris Hilton or Lindsey Lohan

Where We Are Now in Iraq

Contrary to the corporate media spin that the "surge" is working, here are two articles on just how bad things are, for the Iraqis and America:

http://www.counterpunch.org/patrick03192008.html

The Terrible Reality of Iraq - Patrick Cockburn

http://www.counterpunch.org/roberts03182008.html

The Collapse of American Power - Paul Craig Roberts

Happy 5th Birthday, Iraq War

So, Chimpy's War enters its sixth year with no end in sight. 4000 American soldiers dead. 30,000 American soldiers wounded. Hundreds of thousands of dead Iraqi civilians. Two trillion dollars down the drain.

And for what?