Robert Gates, who awaits the Senate to confirm him as United States Secretary of Defense, has been a public servant that often acted to break the public trust and harm the country. As a staffer on the National Security Council…
Category: Iraq War & Occupation
America Puts Brakes on Drive for More War
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During his term in office, President Bush has pressed for war and more war. On January 20, 2001, Bush came to office with the neo-con playbook, calling for knocking off hostile governments101x102. Days later, Bush’s National Security Council (NSC) discussed…
Iraq Vet: “Republican Congress Must Be Fired”
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“This Republican Congress must be fired because they are still putting their own egos above the truth – and above human lives,” wrote an Army Reservist in a letter to MoveOn members appealing for volunteers to call voters41x42. On the…
Bunny Greenhouse Faced Halliburton War Profits Express
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“My father always taught me to be strong and have dignity, to not have to bow down or have anyone run over you,” said Bunnatine Greenhouse20. An older brother and sister each earned doctorates and taught at universities, her younger…
The Obligation to Speak for the Soldiers
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To build support for the invasion of Iraq that he wanted10, President Bush and his top advisors hyped the false ideas that Iraq was close to deploying nuclear weapons and was working with Al Qaeda, the terrorist organization blamed for…