Category Archives: Obama’s Wars

What We Talk About When We Talk About Drones

Posted on May 24, 2013 by Mike From Nowhere

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Share the post “What We Talk About When We Talk About Drones”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailSo on Thursday, May 23rd 2013, President Obama made this speech. It’s a good speech. I agree with quite a lot of it (by no means all of it.) … Continue reading →

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Leaving Afghanistan

Posted on May 2, 2012 by Matt Osborne

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Share the post “Leaving Afghanistan”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mail The mission in Afghanistan is to leave. President Obama has signaled since late last year that his Afghanistan strategy was shifting into reverse; with the full cost of America’s boondoggle in Central Asia finally coming … Continue reading →

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The Jeremy Scahill Blame Continuum

Posted on February 17, 2012 by Matt Osborne

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Share the post “The Jeremy Scahill Blame Continuum”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailThe above chart from the CIA World Factbook shows population growth before and after President Ali Abdullah Saleh took power. Like Syria and Libya and Egypt, Yemen has not known family planning. All … Continue reading →

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Most Precise Bombing Campaign Ever

Posted on February 6, 2012 by Matt Osborne

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Share the post “Most Precise Bombing Campaign Ever”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mail Marc Garlasco helped plan the shock and awe campaign in Iraq. As soon as the war ended, he went straight to the scene of devastation to work for Human Rights Watch, standing … Continue reading →

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Morning Awful: Freddie Mac

Posted on January 31, 2012 by Matt Osborne

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Share the post “Morning Awful: Freddie Mac”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailPrivatized in 1968, Freddie Mac was late to the subprime game. Its status as a “government sponsored entity” gave it a certain chip on the shoulder about profitability — so it bought in big, … Continue reading →

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Wake Up, September is Over

Posted on January 25, 2012 by Matt Osborne

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Share the post “Wake Up, September is Over”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailI don’t know why this isn’t the big news on last night’s SOTU. Was a milk-based cliché really so distracting? The president’s second ‘graff: We gather tonight knowing that this generation of heroes has … Continue reading →

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Indefinite Detention

Posted on January 4, 2012 by Matt Osborne

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Share the post “Indefinite Detention”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailA dialectic has taken hold on the progressive conversation, and I do not like it. The digital left keeps using the words “indefinite detention” because they sound awful, which they are. Indefinite detention is not nice … Continue reading →

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Winter Truce Talks with the Taliban

Posted on January 2, 2012 by Matt Osborne

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Share the post “Winter Truce Talks with the Taliban”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailWithout announcement, the CIA stopped carrying out drone strikes in Pakistan seven weeks ago. European allies are already endorsing peace talks with the Taliban. The president is signaling a prisoner transfer from … Continue reading →

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(UPDATE x 2) “My administration will not authorize the indefinite military detention without trial of American citizens”

Posted on December 31, 2011 by Matt Osborne

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Share the post “(UPDATE x 2) “My administration will not authorize the indefinite military detention without trial of American citizens””FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailVia ThinkProgress, the full text of the president’s signing statement on NDAA addresses both of everyone’s favorite sections: Section 1021 affirms … Continue reading →

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They Are Not the Same

Posted on December 28, 2011 by Matt Osborne

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Share the post “They Are Not the Same”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailSubmitted for your comparison: the Obama doctrine of targeted drone strikes on the left versus the Rumsfeld porn of “shock and awe” on the right. The differences are more than just the scale, … Continue reading →

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Hard Work Is The Reward For Hard Work

Posted on October 27, 2011 by MagicLoveHose

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Share the post “Hard Work Is The Reward For Hard Work”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mail Some of that as-yet-unshoveled shit is actually very important to me and I want it shoveled really badly, but that doesn’t diminish the raw quantity of overall shit. (CLICK … Continue reading →

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