iraq

Hey McCain,

Did you guys really finish this war 5 years ago?

This should be a crime. The free press is dead.

 The New York Times has exposed a secret Pentagon campaign to infiltrate the media with pro-war propaganda. The scheme reaches all the way to the Bush White House, where top officials recruited dozens of "military analysts" to spread favorable views of the war via the news. Many of these propaganda pundits didn't reveal that they were working from Pentagon scripts or lobbying for companies seeking to cash in on major military contracts. Matt Thompson of Free Press.net, a group that advocates for media reform reports this is a violation of every conceivable standard of journalism — and possibly of federal law.

The A.V. Club interviews Errol Morris:

 I wish they'd just get it over with and make [Iraq] the 51st state, because I think it's the perfect red state: religious fundamentalists, lots of weaponry. How could you go wrong? We're already spending a significant fraction of our gross national product on the infrastructure; such as it is, on Iraq. Make it the 51st state and get it over with.

Dear President Bush,

5 Years ago, you took us to war in Iraq. Since then, 4000 American soldiers and more than a million Iraqis  have been killed in this brutal and senseless war.

 You mentioned two years ago that when all was said and done, the Iraq occupation would be "just a comma" in the history books. 

 Well, hopefully that sentance will read "Bush took the US into an illegal war and occupation,  so we tried him for war crimes."

 Thanks for listening,

Cal