Stanley McChrystal’s Brutal and Tragic Stupidity

By: Friday October 2, 2009 9:32 am

General Stanley McChrystal, commander of US forces in Afghanistan, has a long and brutal history of prisoner abuse. He now realizes that detention centers in Afghanistan are hotbeds of terrorist recruitment, but misses the obvious point that the primary cause for this recruitment is the torture he endorses.

Indiscriminate attacks take heavy toll on civilians – International Committee of Red Cross activities in Irak: August 2009

By: Tuesday September 15, 2009 11:09 am

In response to massive blasts that shook the country in August, resulting in hundreds of casualties in Baghdad and elsewhere, the ICRC rushed emergency supplies to medical facilities. This is an update on these and other ICRCactivities carried out in Iraq in August 2009.

Cowboy Up, Montana Senators

By: Saturday May 23, 2009 10:21 am

Gail Collins wonders why cowboys are so wimpy. She’s referring to Max Baucus and Jon Tester going all yellow bellied over having Gitmo prisoners put in the hoosgaw in Hardin, Montana.

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