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A protester uses his shoe to strike an effigy of U.S. President George. W. Bush, in an expression of contempt, as thousands of followers of Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr converged on Firdos Square in central Baghdad, Iraq for a mass prayer to protest a proposed U.S.-Iraqi security pact on Friday, Nov. 21, 2008.(AP Photo/Karim Kadim)

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President Bush, May 1, 2007 (emphasis added):
It makes no sense to tell the enemy when you plan to start withdrawing. All the terrorists would have to do is mark their calendars and gather their strength — and begin plotting how to overthrow the government and take control of the country of Iraq. I believe setting [...]

National Review contributing editor Andrew J. McCarthy imparts the following words of wisdom:
INCONVENIENT FACT: THE IRAQIS DON’T LIKE US

Thousands of American lives and hundreds of billions in taxpayer funds have been expended to provide Iraqis the opportunity to live freely. And this despite the facts that (a) the U.S. interest in [...]

At today’s White House press conference, Press Secretary Dana Perino tried to claim that the Bush administration has not really agreed to a “surrender date” (the term she used last year to describe a deadline for troop withdrawal from Iraq).

QUESTION: The President has said for months that he opposes [...]

BAGHDAD (Reuters)
Iraq’s cabinet approved a pact on Sunday that will let U.S. troops stay in the country until 2011, setting a final date to end a military presence that began with the 2003 invasion that toppled Saddam Hussein.c
It puts a closing date on a war that has been one of the defining political issues [...]

Moqtada al-Sadr has renewed threats to resume attacks on U.S. forces if they don’t leave Iraq. A statement by the Iran-based cleric that was read to supporters gathered for Friday prayers in Baghdad’s Sadr City district and the city of Kufa, south of Baghdad.
“I repeat my call on the occupier to get out from [...]

Via Raw Story: Early this morning, commuters nationwide were delighted to find out that while they were sleeping, the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan had come to an end. If, that is, they happened to read a “special edition” of today’s New York Times.

The paper, post-dated July 4, 2009, was allegedly printed by the [...]

In an interview on Tuesday, President George Bush spoke about regrets he has about his presidency. He said he regretted speaking in front of a “Mission Accomplished” banner just one month into the Iraq war. He said he regrets saying things like “Bring ‘em on” and “Dead or alive”.
Well those are [...]

Excerpted From: The Failed Presidency of George W. Bush:
A Dismal Legacy. –[PART I]
by Rodrigue Tremblay
Sunday, October 19, 2008
International disaster: An Illegal and Immoral War of Aggression

At the center of this fiasco, is the fact thatthe Bush-Cheney administration and its neocon cohort rushed to exploit the 9/11 terrorist attacks and used this as a pretext to [...]

If you’ve been wondering, as I have, on what authority U.S. forces are conducting military operations in Pakistan and Syria. Well, we should not be surprised, there was a secret order allowing them to do so.
NY Times: Secret Order Lets U.S. Raid Al Qaeda in Many Countries
WASHINGTON — The United States military [...]

President-Elect Obama’s message of “change you can believe in” apparently resonates in Iraq, where Iraqi politicians have revealed the reason why they have been reluctant to agree on what looks like a favorable treaty deal to end the U.S. occupation. They didn’t trust the Bush administration, and were skeptical about McCain too.

“Before, the Iraqis [...]

There is no Bushie more loyal than Barney. He’s been there at the President’s side for the whole eight years. According to Bob Woodward, in 2005 President Bush had key Republicans up to the White House to talk about the Iraq occupation, and said “I will not withdraw even if Laura and Barney [...]