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Baghdad Reporter Offers President Bush Shoes for Christmas

December 15, 2008

I swear, you just have to love this.

As I watched the Baghdad reporter throw a pair of shoes at W, I laughed at first, but suddenly I was sobered by the thought that Baghdad may not be the worst place to live these days. We have invested billions of dollars each month in Iraq, [...]

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Bombs Drop on Basara Today, Whose Surge is Working?

April 3, 2008

Basara… remember Basara?  That was the once semi-peaceful area in southern Iraq, so peaceful in fact that U.K. was withdrawing troops from the front lines.  And, Baghdad… remember Baghdad?  The capital of Iraq, our $700 million (and still counting) half completed U.S. Embassy, and the precious Green Zone.
And, do we all remember how well the [...]

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