Three Wars of Iraq
Slate’s take on the war – There’s actually three, two of which we’re not doing so badly in.
Let’s put it like this: An American family that lost a son or a daughter in the defense of free Kurdistan or in the struggle against AQM (al-Qaida in Mesopotamia) could console itself that the death was in a worthwhile cause. The same could not be said for a soldier who fell in some murky street engagement, shot in the back by a uniformed policeman who was doing double duty as a member of a theocratic Shiite militia. Read more…
Also from the war today…
Wind Turbines for War Dollars – Sietch Blog
Iraq Corruption Probe Widens… Again – Mother Jones
Pentagon Denies Increase in Troops’ Suicides – alternet