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Book Review: The Afghanistan Papers
Craig Whitlock's Secret History Of The War.
https://first-draft.com/2021/09/27/book-review-the-afghanistan-papers/
A Reader Writes In To Inquire
After my last post a reader who stands in opposition to what I said asked me some questions that I thought would be better answered in todays post then a simple reply to just him. He raises some ...
https://first-draft.com/2021/08/31/a-reader-writes-in-to-inquire/
Afghanistan: The Media Tantrum Continues
The MSM's Trump fetish.
https://first-draft.com/2021/08/25/afghanistan-the-media-tantrum-continues/
The Katrina-Kabul Connection
The latest installment in the Afghanistan Chronicles.
https://first-draft.com/2021/08/23/the-katrina-kabul-connection/
Today on Tommy T’s obsession with the Freeperati – shart-term memory loss edition
Ok people – let’s get suited up and hit the airlock, shall we? Of course, the Freeperati have been flooding the site with hundreds of posts about Afghanistan, and Joey B. Shark’s cowardice ...
The Last Sane Person On Cable News
In praise of Lawrence O'Donnell.
https://first-draft.com/2021/08/20/the-last-sane-person-on-cable-news/
The Ne(x)t War
Everyone here at First Draft has been expounding on the events in Afghanistan this past week or so. If, dear reader, you are so inclined (and I highly recommend it) take a look at Cassandra’s p...
I Won’t Forget
Our fearless leader has written 2 thorough and excellent pieces about the Afghanistan War and how we got where we are. If you haven’t read them, please do: here and here. I have some thoughts...
Another Bright Shining Lie
A sequel to The Inevitable Ending.
https://first-draft.com/2021/08/17/another-bright-shining-lie/
The Inevitable Ending
There are no happy endings in the Great Game.
Pulp Fiction Thursday: The Wheel Is Fixed
The house always wins.
https://first-draft.com/2021/07/08/pulp-fiction-thursday-the-wheel-is-fixed/
We Threw Away Billions
But hey, we can’t afford to build roads and schools here at home, so … A.
The Past Isn’t Even Past
Fuck Jeb and his entire family sideways with a rake: Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush (R) isn’t interested in talking about the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, especially as it relates to his broth...
Fear Itself
Athenae and I rarely post about the same thing on the same day. It's that time again. The whole Bowe Bergdahl incident seems to be the apogee of Obama Derangement Syndrome. The GOP reaction is OT...
McCain: All Those Wars I Supported Are Not Any Fun Anymore
It’s almost like spending a decade destablizing the Middle East had the effect of destabilizing it, you guys; “It was a coup and it was the second time in two-and-a-half years that we have se...
https://first-draft.com/2013/08/07/mccain-all-those-wars-i-supported-are-not-any-fun-anymore/
Codetalkers
This: The only people who find Alinsky’s writings radical are the Haves, because it suggests that the Have Nots have the power to equalize the system a little more. That’s a scary concept for...
What Happens
A “litmus test” on Afghanistan: Reaction to the Time cover has become something of an Internet litmus test about attitudes toward the war, and what America’s responsibility is in Afghanista...
Happy Kerry Photo: Suck It Up Edition
Seriously: “However illegally these documents came to light, they raise serious questions about the reality of America’s policy toward Pakistan and Afghanistan. Those policies are at a critic...
https://first-draft.com/2010/07/26/happy-kerry-photo-suck-it-up-edition/
Only Talking Sense
Holy crap, someone in Washington is talking sense about Afghanistan albeit off the record and to the British press: The White House is revising itsAfghanistan strategy to embrace the idea of nego...
McChrystal Cracked
I’d come around to the McChrystal must go viewpoint so I’m gladit happened so quickly.Not only does he deserve to be shitcanned for mouthing off but his favorite beer is Bud Lite Lime. Holy g...
McChrystal Blue Persuasion
General Stanley McChrystal and his staff have big mouths. They didn’t tell a reporter that stuff was off the record when they were in bars and eateries.Another fine story from Rolling Stone thi...
Happy Democrat photo: Once more, with context
VICE PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN: Well, I– I– I would hope I– look, it’s one thing to be outspoken. It’s another thing to be outspoken in a way that misrepresents the facts. And I– I guess–...
https://first-draft.com/2010/02/17/happy-democrat-photo-once-more-with-context/
Ambivalent
Obama’s speech hasn’t sent me racing to the barricades to either oppose or support his policy. The best thing about the speech was its tone: somber and sober. Nobody does the two S’s as wel...
‘We have no interest in occupying your country’
That’s probably what set the wingnuts off: The people of Afghanistan have endured violence for decades. They have been confronted with occupation – by the Soviet Union, and then by foreign al...
https://first-draft.com/2009/12/01/we-have-no-interest-in-occupying-your-country/
Thirty Thousand More
Well, you own it now. A.
Say What?
In a sign of how far right the GOP has moved, legendary fantasist, liar and douchebag, Oliver North is advisingHouse Goopers on Afghanistan. I wonder if he’ll suggest sending bibles to Karzai�...
Care Package Update
Hey everybody. I just got word that our care packages have safely arrived in Afghanistan! From leinie: Got this message this morning: Subject: Just thought you should know. “We have recieved th...
What’s the Goal?
Obama and Afghanistan: As the cold and snow gets ready to come, there is a real sense that it’s the last best time to turn the tide against the militants. We know from today’s discussion at t...
Care Packages
I was JOKING about needing a forklift, but it might be useful in getting all of this to the post office: It’s hard to see under all of the everything but for the record that is 25 pounds of cof...