Category Archives: Middle East

The Phalangists of the Tigris

Posted on December 8, 2006 by mikethemadbiologist

Newsweek columnist Christopher Dickey writes this about our new Iraqi friend, the leader of the Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq, Abdul Aziz al-Hakim:
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Why The Iraq Failure Was Predicted

Posted on November 30, 2006 by mikethemadbiologist

Not predictable. Predicted. Over at DailyKos is a powerful diary by the wife of a Vietnam & Iraq I war veteran. During a discussion with a bunch of conservative college students, the following happened:
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Posted in Iraq, Middle East, Military | 4 Comments

A Stunning Success for Faith-Based Anti-Nuclear Proliferation Efforts

Posted on November 3, 2006 by mikethemadbiologist

Is there anything the Republicans won’t fuck up by politicizing it?
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God Has an Inordinate Fondness for Beetles…

Posted on October 21, 2006 by mikethemadbiologist

and Donald Rumsfeld? From the AP:
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Posted in Middle East, Religion, Terrorism | 5 Comments

I See Stupid People: The John Boehner Edition

Posted on September 28, 2006 by mikethemadbiologist

This transcends absurd: Republican Rep. John Boehner, the House Majority Leader, stated on national television that Al-Queda and Saddam Hussein were linked, even though President Bush himself has admitted no connection.
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Newsweek: Run By Gutless Cowards

Posted on September 26, 2006 by mikethemadbiologist

What should be the cover story of a major news magazine: the resurgence of the Taliban, or a biography of photographer Annie Leibowitz?
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Islamopinkocommiefascistterrorism and the Nattering Nabobs of Ninniness

Posted on September 19, 2006 by mikethemadbiologist

Let me state something very clearly: I do not want a U.S. city (or any other city for that matter) wiped out by a nuclear bomb. Having said that, the hawks among us have lost all sense of historical perspective when it comes to Iran.
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Are U.S. Troops Already in Iran?

Posted on September 19, 2006 by mikethemadbiologist

Retired Air Force Col. Sam Gardiner seems to think so:
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Dog Bites Man: Bush Used Political Ideologues and Cronies to ‘Rebuild’ Iraq

Posted on September 16, 2006 by mikethemadbiologist

After reading this Washington Post article about the Iraq War reconstruction effort, I’ve stumbled across the epitaph of the Bush Administration…
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Posted in Experts, Fucking Morons, Little Lord Pontchartrain, Middle East, Public Health | 9 Comments

Appeasing Bush

Posted on September 14, 2006 by mikethemadbiologist

With all the Neville Chamberlain talk flying around, the neocons are right about one thing: there has been too much appeasement. Appeasement of Bush, that is.
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