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Danish PM Admits Faults In Iraq Strategies 
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Sitting here with the morning coffee, waiting for the rhythm of the day to settle in, I’m reading in the newspaper. It says that Anders Fogh Rasmussen, the danish Prime Minister who unilaterally chose for Denmark to participate in the Iraq war, admits the invasion strategy had it’s faults and shortcomings.
It’s roughly 3? years since the war started, March 18th 2003. Like many others, I thought it would be a bad idea. Turns out we were right and the people we elected weren’t. How is it this happens more and more often? To date, the war has cost the lives of 5 Danes, 2804 Americans, $336,999,380,179 and maybe as much as 600.000 Iraqis. I’d say that’s bad planning.
600.000 Iraqis Dead Due To Invasion 
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According to a recent study, more than 600,000 people in Iraq have been killed since the U.S. invaded in 2003 to lead Iraqis to peace and democracy.
That’s 20 times higher than the figure the White House has bandied about.
Many of the dead, say the team of American and Iraqi epidemiologists who conducted the study, would likely be alive today if the invasion had not occurred.
The researchers point the finger at post-Saddam violence as the cause of the deaths, according to news accounts.
Such a toll strikes home because the stunning number rivals Seattle’s population, 570,000.
But hey, oil prices just dropped, what, 30%?
A Nagasaki Report Comment
A Nagasaki Report, previously censored
The devastation in the wake of the atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki 1945 was secretly reported by George Weller but later held back by MacArthur. Reading the story is both fascinating and terrifying at the same time.
I remember writing about the atomic bomb in high school, concluding that the dropping of both bombs were utterly unnecessary, and served one purpose only: to show Russia that the US was prepared to use them.
Iraq War 2 - The TV Series? Comment
Iraq War 2 - The TV Series?
FX Network (A Fox affiliate of course), is planning to create a TV series on the ongoing war.
The United States of America Comment
The United States of America
A beautiful anti-war video with great retro propaganda style imagery.
The Real Reasons for the War Comment
The real reason for the War
“WMD was the rationale for invading Iraq. But what was really driving the US were fears over oil and the future of the dollar”
Partisan Project Comment
The Partisan Project - Great anti-w. posters
Slashdot on Fahrenheit 9/11 Comment
Slashdot discusses Michael Moore’s new film. As with many /. topics, the discussion explodes. This time, however, with interesting and even insightful replies:
“If the war in Iraq was truly about liberation, then any number of other sovereign states should’ve had priority. If the war in Iraq was about “weapons of mass destruction”, then we would’ve [...]
Iraq - You Break It, You Buy It 36 Comments
It’s the Pottery Barn rule. Was it a pot worth breaking?
So it has come to this… [War in Iraq] Comment
I am deeply dissapointed.
I am saddened, that “democratic” societies the world over can reach a point where war is the only option. Even when all diplomatic possibilites are not exhausted. Even when political pressure did in fact force the regime to do it’s bidding, perhaps slowly but still. Even when so many people world-wide [...]