SORRY'S NOT GOOD ENOUGH IN AFGHANISTAN. HERE'S WHY.
As violence continues following the burning of Qurans by ISAF in Afghanistan, insiders in Washington, D.C. and in the media are wasting quite a bit of breath asking the rhetorical question, "Why aren't the apologies working?" Military commanders in Afghanistan apologized profusely, President Obama exposed himself to the demagoguery of Republican primary opponents with his own apology. Why does the violence continue?
Read moreNot making enough as a Goldman Sachs CEO? Become a war profiteer instead.
The New York Times reports that Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein made $12 million last year, despite some ugly, but not illegal, behavior.
Poor schmuck. He’s only making half what Lockheed Martin CEO Robert Stevens made last year. Lockheed Martin is the largest Pentagon contractor, getting 82 percent of its 2011 funds from the taxpayer. And, it’s one of the most corrupt companies in the U.S., a frequent leader on the Project on Government Oversight’s Federal Contractor Misconduct Database.
Stevens made more than $25.3 million in 2011.
For the first time, most Republicans say Afghanistan War not worth fighting
In the latest Washington Post/ABC News poll, Republicans and Democrats both say the war isn’t worth fighting. It’s past time for President Obama to get our troops out of there. It’s not making us safer, and it’s not worth the costs.
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Read moreDon’t Freak Out, But the Pentagon Just Took a Baby Step in the Right Direction on Military
It’s not every day we get to write a headline like this, so we’ll just get right to it: The Pentagon has ended their annual ritual of porking up the final military budget through their list of “unfunded priorities.”
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Read morePentagon Admits U.S./Afghan Night Raid Deal Is a Joke
The U.S. is publicly describing the deal with the Karzai administration on night raids as a big deal, but Pentagon spokespeople are crystal clear that the deal doesn’t give any new recognition to the right of Afghans to control their own affairs.
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