In a brief televised speech delivered just before noon Thursday, President Bush announced that there would be no further reduction of US troop strength once the current drawdown of forces is completed in July. This means that some 140,000 US soldiers will remain in occupation of the country through the November election, and likely until Bush leaves the White House on January 20, 2009.
Sphere: Related ContentFive years after Washington inaugurated its “shock and awe” campaign, striking Baghdad with cruise missiles and precision-guided bombs, it has become abundantly clear that the war of aggression against Iraq has produced the greatest geo-political disaster in American history.
Sphere: Related ContentThe International Students for Social Equality held a demonstration Saturday, February 16 to protest the Iranian government’s arrest of more than 40 left-wing students and demand their immediate release.
Sphere: Related ContentThe televised hearings on the Iraq war before House and Senate committees have demonstrated two political facts: the Bush administration and the Pentagon plan to continue the war in Iraq indefinitely, and the Democratic Party leaders, in both Congress and the presidential campaign, intend to do nothing to stop them.
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“The Nation magazine has been supportive of me since March 2005. I think they exploited me and my popularity several times along the way. Now I think the editorials they’ve published are undermining my candidacy. That angers me. I feel like asking: do you care about the Democrats or do you care about democracy? These people who only care about the Democrats, I don’t think they care about democracy.”
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