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    Losing GOP in denial over own failures

    SEPTEMBER 12, 2012 12:36PM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: conspiracy theories, bailout, taxes, naill ferguson, cia, intelligence community, new york times, daily caller, navy seals, liberalism, conservatism, tea party, right wing, ideology, denial, right wing noise machine, wall street, economic crisis, george will, rush limbaugh, fox news, ross douthat, afghanistan, iraq, daily intelligence briefings, terrorism, september 11 attacks, osama bin ladin, dick cheney, george w. bush, president obama, mitt romney, democratic party, republican party, neo-conservatism, supply-side economics, economics, politics

    • Editor's Pick
    • 4 Ratings
    • 998 Views
    • 1 Comments
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    The Iraqi Flag: Seeds of Disunity

    SEPTEMBER 12, 2012 1:55PM

    By Darrell Rivers


    Topics: iraq, iraqi, saddam, arab spring, baath, flags, vexillology, kurd, kurdish, arab, president, flag, iraq, iraqi, saddam, baath

    • Editor's Pick
    • 10 Ratings
    • 1373 Views
    • 25 Comments
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    This war is nuts! What am I missing?

    MAY 16, 2012 10:50AM

    By myles spicer


    Topics: war, afghanistan, iraq, military

    • Editor's Pick
    • 24 Ratings
    • 3047 Views
    • 46 Comments
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    The Fallujah tragedy: A war crime by any other name...

    JANUARY 12, 2012 7:11AM

    By Judy Mandelbaum


    Topics: iraq, fallujah, iraq war, depleted uranium, war crimes, human rights

    • Editor's Pick
    • 4 Ratings
    • 2262 Views
    • 4 Comments
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    Evacuation from Iraq: the lesson from Bonaparte's Egypt

    DECEMBER 20, 2011 1:06PM

    By Naqib's Daughter


    Topics: politics, belief/religion, egypt, bonaparte, american troops, evacuation, iraq

    • Editor's Pick
    • 11 Ratings
    • 3599 Views
    • 10 Comments
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    The last man to die

    DECEMBER 19, 2011 1:09PM

    By Judy Mandelbaum


    Topics: baghdad, war, iraq, baghdad, war, iraq

    • Editor's Pick
    • 14 Ratings
    • 1697 Views
    • 22 Comments
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    Obama just declared the end to the war in Iraq!

    OCTOBER 21, 2011 2:15PM

    By designanator


    Topics: iraq, breaking news

    • Editor's Pick
    • 32 Ratings
    • 2766 Views
    • 87 Comments
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    Occupational Hazards

    OCTOBER 17, 2011 6:38PM

    By Kent Pitman


    Topics: politics, vietnam, afghanistan, iraq, powell doctrine, weinberger doctrine, agenda, agendaless, leader, leaderless, occupy wall street, ows, the 1%, the 99%, we are the 99%, we are the 53%, actually you're the 47%, wall street, greed, corruption, terrorism, war on terror, asymmetric warfare, agent provocateur, agents provocateur, agents provocateur, change, declare victory, what's next, plan, go home, dismantle, aiken, quagmire, protests, peaceful, non-violent, first amendment, second amendment, st. crispen, saint crispen, st. crispen's day speech, saint crispen's day speech, henry v, lessig, lawrence lessig, constitutional convention, brin, david brin, sousveillance, klein, naomi klein, shock doctrine

    • Editor's Pick
    • 53 Ratings
    • 4998 Views
    • 74 Comments
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    99%- Yes, Houston we have a Problem!

    OCTOBER 18, 2011 10:08AM

    By Linda Seccaspina


    Topics: occupy, occupy america, occupy america, politics, protest, iraq, enviroment, racial, oprah winfrey, social security, medicare, jesse jackson, lgbt, obama, occupy movement, houston robertson, occupy wall street, ococcupy america, news, open+call, news

    • Editor's Pick
    • 6 Ratings
    • 604 Views
    • 14 Comments
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    Why Are We In Iraq, Again?

    JULY 11, 2011 2:19PM

    By Robert Steibel


    Topics: comics, cartoons, political cartoon, open call, robert steibel, apple creek comics, wild life, comedy, politics, china, cartoon saturday, north korea, afghanistan, leon panetta, iraq

    • Editor's Pick
    • 9 Ratings
    • 1243 Views
    • 21 Comments
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    Upon Fiddler's Green

    MAY 30, 2011 11:53AM

    By Backsight Forethought


    Topics: iraq, afghanistan, memorial day, fiddler's green, war

    • Editor's Pick
    • 4 Ratings
    • 3525 Views
    • 12 Comments
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    I Snuck Someone Into West Point

    MAY 25, 2011 3:13AM

    By bonnie bernstein


    Topics: open call, mortifying disclosures, bonnie bernstein, terrorist, chocolate, flirt, spanish, west point, bullet proof vest, avon, united states military academy, thayer gate, 1979 chevy caprice, general douglas macarthur, cadet chapel, memorial day, museum, hudson valley, security, guards, 911, tour guide, hockey, stumbleupon, facebook, twitter, new york city, nyc, divorce, nanny, thayer hotel, football, stepford, michie stadium, military, my tiny hypocrisy, open call, mount saint mary college, afghanistan, iraq

    • Editor's Pick
    • 19 Ratings
    • 1419 Views
    • 26 Comments
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    O Positive

    MAY 9, 2011 1:37AM

    By Backsight Forethought


    Topics: war, military, iraq, afghanistan, norway, france, mongolia, portugal, great britain, germany, australia, greek, turk, nato, red cross, 9/11, news, blood

    • Editor's Pick
    • 2 Ratings
    • 1552 Views
    • 8 Comments
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    Moving Beyond Bin Laden

    MAY 5, 2011 10:47AM

    By Amy McMullen


    Topics: iraq, afghanistan, war, 911, middle east, osama bin ladin, politics

    • Editor's Pick
    • 6 Ratings
    • 1310 Views
    • 18 Comments
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    The Murky Moral Questions of Libya

    MARCH 29, 2011 6:01AM

    By Kemstone


    Topics: republicans, obama, muslim world, military, middle east, libya, iraq, american interventionism, afghanistan

    • Editor's Pick
    • 7 Ratings
    • 1581 Views
    • 8 Comments
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    Will Libya Become a Second Iraq?

    MARCH 18, 2011 3:01PM

    By M. Junaid Levesque-Alam


    Topics: war, airstrikes, intervention, qaddafi, iraq, libya, expert opinion

    • Editor's Pick
    • 6 Ratings
    • 1894 Views
    • 24 Comments
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    Outlier Libya

    MARCH 18, 2011 7:28AM

    By Stab329


    Topics: politics, foreign intervention, foreign policy, iraq, human rights watch, afghanistan, chomsky, real news network, benghazi, no-fly zone, anti-war, u.s. imperialism, united nations, libya

    • Editor's Pick
    • 9 Ratings
    • 1160 Views
    • 21 Comments
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    Egypt: Fruit of the Poisonous Olive Tree

    FEBRUARY 3, 2011 10:22PM

    By Jimmy Zuma


    Topics: egypt, democracy, united states, iran, government, middle east, religion, dictator, dictatorship, shah reza pahlavi, dissidents, israel, mullah, saddam hussein, iraq, riegle report, anthrax, botulism, kuwait, george bush, hosni mubarak, muslim, jimmy zuma

    • Editor's Pick
    • 39 Ratings
    • 2648 Views
    • 44 Comments
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    Two Years Ago Today Obama Was Inaugurated: I Was There

    JANUARY 20, 2011 10:26AM

    By john blumenthal


    Topics: $200 a night, hillary, obama memorabilia, 1969, vietnam protest, nixon, humvees, troops, iraq, euphoria, bush, cheney, heckled, second coming, pilgrimage, latinos, black, whites, melting pot, miraculous, racism, obama bobble-heads, historic, capitol building, truman, desegration of the armed forces, commander-in-chief, wahsinton

    • Editor's Pick
    • 41 Ratings
    • 3064 Views
    • 74 Comments
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    Christmas in Afghanistan

    DECEMBER 22, 2010 5:25PM

    By BOKO


    Topics: politics, money, afghanistan, economy, business, private contractors, obama, congress, corruption, news, afghanistan, iraq, os, open call

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