A Modest Proposal
An Iraqi Vote on Troop Withdrawal
By Michael Collins
(Also published at OpEdNews, The Agonist, The Smirking Chimp )
Over the years, we’ve seen various “exit strategies” proposed for withdrawal from Iraq. The best proposal was made by a Baghdad man on his way to a demonstration just a few days after that city [...]
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A Modest Proposal – An Iraqi Vote on Troop Withdrawal
February 25, 2009Feds Drop Case Against Accused Iraqi Agent
January 17, 2009Feds Drop Case Against Accused Iraqi Agent
“the Government has determined that continued prosecution of this case as to LINDAUER would not be in the interests of justice.”
Michael Collins
“Scoop” Independent News
(Jan. 16, Wash. DC) The Department of Justice entered a motion to drop all charges against Susan Lindauer yesterday morning, Jan. 15, 2009. The [...]
M. Collins: Forget the Torture Tapes
January 1, 2008Caravaggio
Michael Collins
“Scoop” Independent News
Washington, D.C.
There’s a reflexive tendency to think the worst of the Bush-Cheney administration when scandals like the torture tapes emerge. This tendency is well justified.
This administration’s defining moment was the Iraq invasion. Over time, it caused death to 1.2 million civilians and the injuries of 1.1 million noncombatants. [...]
