observations from a window seat in the handbasket headed for hell
Though not publicised, negotiations have been under way for more than a month to secure a strategic partnership agreement which would include an American presence beyond the end of 2014 – the agreed date for all 130,000 combat troops to leave — despite continuing public debate in Washington and among other members of the 49-nation coalition fighting in Afghanistan about the speed of the withdrawal.
Daily Twain:
And other words of wisdom...
Nationalism is power hunger tempered by self-deception. --George Orwell
When you hold up your arm and swear to uphold the Constitution, you don’t say, “Except in wartime.” -- George McGovern
Corexit: More toxic than the oil
IVAW: Iraq Veterans Against the War
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