Category Archives: Iraq

Battle of the Iraqi Contractors

Posted on July 5, 2007 by mikethemadbiologist

It’s sad that the only way oversight can occur in our Excellent Iraqi Adventure is when one sleazebag contractor rats out another sleazebag contractor.
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Posted in Architecture, Bidness, Fucking Morons, Iraq | 3 Comments

About Those Missing WMD in Syria…

Posted on June 28, 2007 by mikethemadbiologist

Jonathan Hari of TNR bravely went undercover and joined a cruise hosted by the National Review. That is a heroic sacrifice on behalf of the Coalition of the Sane, and no amount of satire could do that lunacy justice. But Norman “the blood of GIs is better than Viagra” Podhoretz brought up a tired canard of the Delusional Right.
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Posted in Conservatives, Fucking Morons, Iraq, Middle East, The Soviet | 10 Comments

OK, That’s Not the Analogy for Iraq You Want to Use…

Posted on June 18, 2007 by mikethemadbiologist

If I were trying to convince people to stay in Iraq, I might refer to Japan or Germany as models of occupation. But General Petraeus picked a different place…
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Posted in Iraq | 12 Comments

Maybe Democrats Are Just Stupid?

Posted on June 11, 2007 by mikethemadbiologist

I used to think that Democratic politicians were trying to be too clever by half, and consequently screwed things up. Then I started to think that many are actually quite conservative, so they’re just reverting to form–most of them don’t have a tiny liberal inside of them, struggling to be free. After reading this exchange with a Democratic canvasser (something I used to do), I think the party has been taken over by fucking morons.
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Posted in Conservatives, Democrats, Fucking Morons, Iraq, Middle East, Terrorism | 8 Comments

Friedman and the War Prayer

Posted on May 28, 2007 by mikethemadbiologist

Let’s contrast Thomas Friedman with Mark Twain this Memorial Day.
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Posted in Iraq, Middle East, Military, Religion | 2 Comments

The Failed Iraq Vote and A Nation of ‘Friedmans’

Posted on May 26, 2007 by mikethemadbiologist

I go away for a meeting, and Congress goes and holds a vote about the Iraq War. Like some, I’m disgusted by the outcome, but I think many are blaming the wrong people. To paraphrase Pogo, the enemy is us. Or least part of us.
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Posted in Authoritarianism, Democrats, Iraq, Ninnies, Voting | 4 Comments

Once Again, the Guard Is Deployed in the Wrong Place

Posted on May 7, 2007 by mikethemadbiologist

When you use the National Guard as a backdoor draft, instead of civil defense and disaster relief, people suffer.
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Posted in Iraq, Little Lord Pontchartrain, Military | 1 Comment

Open Letter to My Representatives

Posted on April 14, 2007 by mikethemadbiologist

After reading Mike Dunford’s letter to his representatives about the War in Iraq, I decided to write my own. Hopefully, it will have more influence than the other letters I’ve written…
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Posted in Funding, Iraq | 2 Comments