War

Year Six.

Thursday, March 19th, 2009

Today marks the sixth anniversary of the war in Iraq. 5 years, 10 months, 19 days since Bush declared mission accomplished and and end to major combat operations in Iraq. 4258 confirmed U.S. deaths. 4577 total coalition deaths. An unknown, and probably never fully known, number of Iraqi deaths. And the fact remains: We went [...]

Our Troops Get Shafted. Again.

Saturday, April 12th, 2008

Part 1: Tour of Duty Changes Bush made a big fucking deal about changing the tour of duty from 15 months to 12 months. While it was recommended to be 12 months deployed and 24 months home to keep troop moral and mental health high they decided that 12 on and 12 off was good [...]

Five years.

Wednesday, March 19th, 2008

Five years. U.S. deaths confirmed by the DoD: 3988. An unknown amount of Iraqi civilian deaths. Happy anniversary.