Breaking news re: Iran
December 3, 2007
In breaking but not surprising news, it was revealed today that Iran is not actually developing nuclear weapons. From the New York Times via truthout.org.
Washington - A new assessment by American intelligence agencies concludes that Iran halted its nuclear weapons program in 2003 and that the program remains on hold, contradicting an assessment two years ago that Tehran was working inexorably toward building a bomb.
The conclusions of the new assessment are likely to be a major factor in the tense international negotiations aimed at getting Iran to halt its nuclear energy program. Concerns about Iran were raised sharply after President Bush had suggested in October that a nuclear-armed Iran could lead to “World War III,” and Vice President Dick Cheney promised “serious consequences” if the government in Tehran did not abandon its nuclear program.
Now before you think that this report will actually end the saber-rattling regarding Iran, please put your dancing shoes back in the closet. The Bush administration has already shifted its justification against Iran by citing Iran’s meddling in Iraq. We are very much not out the woods yet and I would ask for all of my liberal-minded friends to not think that evidence or facts prevail in Bush’s world. Please continue to speak out against war escalation and not just in safe progressive bubbles.
Stay up fam,
Brandon Q.
Bush invokes WWIII
October 17, 2007
I apologize for being incognito fam. I think the government is trying to shut me down because I have been unable to login to The SuperSpade (for weeks now). Garlin and Steve, thank you for holding me down. In other news, “President Bush says world leaders risk bringing about World War Three if they do not do more to prevent
This fear mongering by Bush and Co. must be confronted with truth, integrity and reason. I have said before that I am worried that Bush has no intention of leaving office and it is talk like this that reminds me why I feel this way. Seriously, when was the last time you heard of a President enter the lame duck stage of his presidency with so much bravado?
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Bin Laden must be in Iran
August 14, 2007
I don’t have any kids but I have been around them enough to know that they have a very short attention span. This reminds me of the Bush administration. An article in WaPo states,
“The
United States has decided to designate Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps, the country’s 125,000-strong elite military branch, as a “specially designated global terrorist,” according toU.S. officials, a move that allowsWashington to target the group’s business operations and finances.”
Timeline to get out of Iraq
July 24, 2007
This is not a surprise by any means but Bush has a timeline for the Iraq catastrophe. There is a “classified plan, which represents the coordinated strategy of the top American commander and the American ambassador, calls for restoring security in local areas, including Baghdad, by the summer of 2008. ‘Sustainable security’ is to be established on a nationwide basis by the summer of 2009, according to American officials familiar with the document.”
Bring em’ home
July 20, 2007
If you find it hard to read the stories that detail the deaths of soldiers and civilians in Iraq, watch this video. Who in their right mind would continue to support this war? These are humans being sacrificed for perpetual lies. Thanks, Dailykos.
Stay up fam,
Brandon Q.
Why don’t we care about Africa?
June 5, 2007
I borrowed the title of today’s post from Presidential Candidate, Governor Bill Richardson. In a story that was grotesquely swept under the rug, “US warships fired navy missiles at foreign fighters in Somalia.” We have wrote about military operations directed towards Africa before but this ups the ante…a lot.
Unchecked power
June 1, 2007
Do you think Bush could be in office past January 20, 2009? I do and so does Bush apparently. An article from Alternet.org reads,
The National Security and Homeland Security Presidential Directive, signed on May 9, 2007, would place all governmental power in the hands of the President and effectively abolish the checks and balances in the Constitution.
Wolfowitz the comedian
May 28, 2007
Now former World Bank President, Paul Wolfowitz said of his departure, “People were reacting to a whole string of inaccurate statements and by the time we got to anything approximating accuracy the passions were around the bend.” That’s funny, as a major architect of the war, that seems to be the same strategy Wolfowitz used to push for war in
Once those lies were discredited, the Bush administration just came up with new reasons to stay like us having to stay in
Stay up fam,
Brandon Q.
The soldier who died…
May 27, 2007
After dropping the ball on timelines, I wish the Democrats would have made regular coverage of flag-draped caskets coming from Iraq a requirement for funding the war. The people sacrificed as a result of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq are real and the time has long past for the disingenuous policy of putting our lost soldiers out of sight and out of mind.
Stay up fam,
Brandon Q.
How was I supposed to know?
May 23, 2007
This will be the type of ignorant but calculating excuse that Bush would use if and when a conflict would breakout with
