A Theocratic Iraq?
The President's dreams of western-style democracy in Iraq may have hit a significant bump in the road following Iraq's first post-invasion elections. The votes are still being counted, but it looks...
View ArticleA Four Star General Reviews Iraq
On a day when we've reached another sad milestone in Iraq, marking over 1,500 casualties of U.S. service members, it seems like an appropriate time to take a measure of how things are going in Iraq,...
View Articlehttp://www.thisisrumorcontrol.org/node/1797
There's a scene in Thomas Frank's popular book, What's the Matter with Kansas? How Conservatives Won the Heart of America, in which a group of Vietnam veterans has gathered at Lake El Dorado, Kansas,...
View ArticleFrom the Song Ve Valley to Abu Ghraib: The Tiger Force Investigation
From Newt I've spent the last two days reviewing previously classified evidence of atrocities committed during the Vietnam War by certain members of the Tiger Force reconnaissance unit of the 101st...
View ArticleTiger Force Evidence, Item Two: Take No Prisoners
Statement of James R. Barnett Taken August 27, 1973 Q. It was alleged that is was standard practice by the Tiger Force to shoot prisoners. Is this true? A. Yes, let me explain this to you. We very...
View ArticleTiger Force Evidence, Item Three: One Punch
Statement of Cecil Leon Peden Taken January 24, 1974 Q. Were you witness to an incident where [redacted] struck a Vietnamese prisoner with his fist? A. Yes. Q. Would you please relate your knowledge of...
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