Iraqi special forces uniform 2016

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Zabibah and the King: Saddam Hussein's strange romance novel

By Jack Brummet

In 2000, Saddam Hussein wrote Zabībah wal-Malik―a romance novel, originally published anonymously in Iraq in 2000.  It was a best seller, selling over a million copies. The Iraqi publisher stole four paintings by a Canadian artist, Jonathon Earl Bowser, for illustrations, including putting his "The Awakening" painting on the cover. 

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Contrary to the wingnuts' claims, BHO is no dove. He's a Scoop Jackson Democrat.

Pablo Fanque, National Affairs Editor

Image from JP Moore at Buzzfeed.

I've never doubted BHO's bellicosity; I never thought he was soft on war. He let us know that from the very beginning.  He was never against war, but he was very particular about which war he wanted.  The difference between him and President George W. Bush was the focus of their multi-pronged war, not war itself. In some ways, he's a Scoop Jackson defense democrat (if you doubt that, look at the current defense and war budgets), who is now facing potential action in Pakistan, and if things blow up, Iran.  And those wars are in addition to sending troops and advisers into other various hot spots and troubled regions (for example, Libya and Egypt).  He may not be a hawk, but he is a Defense Democrat ala JFK.   Appeasement?  Come on.  President Barack Obama is no George McGovern or Gene McCarthy.  And he most certainly is not a Neville Chamberlain.  

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Retired General George Washington Lashes Out At President Bush

Retired Gen. George Washington Criticizes Bush's Handling Of Iraq War

Dick Cheney Arrives In Iraq To Straighten Out The Warring Factions

According to a Reuters report from Baghdad, U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney arrived in Baghdad on Wednesday (today) on an unannounced visit, at a time when pressure from Washington is growing on the Iraqi government to heal sectarian divisions.

The Veep is there to reooncile warring Iraqi factions, now that he sort of understands there is a difference between the Sunni and Shiite branches.

Who else would you send but The Great Healer and God of Conciliation?

I understand that President Bush may not be the right guy for the job. But on the other hand, why would a person almost universally reviled in America be tapped for this task?

A little over a year ago, we covered the attempted resignation of the V.P. Click here to read this article.

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President Bush Announces Iraq Exit

Bush Announces Iraq Exit Strategy: 'We'll Go Through Iran'

WASHINGTON, DC-Almost a year after the cessation of major combat and a month after the nation's first free democratic elections, President Bush unveiled the coalition forces' strategy for exiting Iraq.

Four years in Iraq commemorated by President Bush

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President Bush marked the fourth anniversary of the war in Iraq today with more words and pleas for patience (!) from the Roosevelt Room, as the White House struggled with the Democrat's attempts to force a withdrawal of troops.
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