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	<title>Centerblue.org &#187; War and Terrorism</title>
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	<link>http://centerblue.org</link>
	<description>Center-left commentary for a world in trouble</description>
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		<title>Ron Paul cleans out Petraus&#8217;s clock</title>
		<link>http://centerblue.org/349/ron-paul-cleans-out-petrauss-clock/</link>
		<comments>http://centerblue.org/349/ron-paul-cleans-out-petrauss-clock/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Apr 2008 16:50:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joe</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[War and Terrorism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[iraq]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://centerblue.org/2008/04/15/ron-paul-cleans-out-petrauss-clock/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Ron Paul is one of those rare Republicans that I REALLY like&#8211;primarily because I think he is exactly on target on the dire economics of the country (falling dollar, trade deficit, role of the federal reserve, true cost of the Iraq war, etc.). Gen. Petraus recently testified before Congress on the Iraq war, and Paul [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Real cost of Iraq/Afghan war: $1.5 trillion</title>
		<link>http://centerblue.org/326/real-cost-of-iraqafghan-war-15-trillion/</link>
		<comments>http://centerblue.org/326/real-cost-of-iraqafghan-war-15-trillion/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Nov 2007 13:58:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joe</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[War and Terrorism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[afghanistan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[budget-deficit]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bush]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[iraq]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A new report by Congressional Democrats estimates the cost of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars at around $1.5 trillion, almost double the $800 billion &#8220;officially&#8221; requested by the Bush administration. The report estimates the conflict&#8217;s hidden costs, including the drastic rise in the price of oil, the expense of treating wounded veterans, the interest payments [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bush confronts his legacy</title>
		<link>http://centerblue.org/325/bush-confronts-his-legacy/</link>
		<comments>http://centerblue.org/325/bush-confronts-his-legacy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Nov 2007 00:35:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joe</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[War and Terrorism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bush]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[iraq]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[veterans]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://centerblue.org/2007/11/10/bush-confronts-his-legacy/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Bush confronted the horrors of his war legacy today, as he visited soldiers severely maimed by his misadventure in Iraq. The rest of the sad gallery depicting his visit can be found here. I feel so bad for these soldiers, horribly maimed in the name of a meaningless war without purpose. There is no end [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The great Bait and Switch</title>
		<link>http://centerblue.org/317/the-great-bait-and-switch/</link>
		<comments>http://centerblue.org/317/the-great-bait-and-switch/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Sep 2007 14:34:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joe</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Foreign Policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[War and Terrorism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[al-maliki]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bush]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[iraq]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Petraus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[surge]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[US-Congress]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://centerblue.org/2007/09/11/the-great-bait-and-switch/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The remnants of Bush&#8217;s remaining Iraq policy are now becoming clear: &#8220;six more months,&#8221; &#8220;six more months&#8221; until he&#8217;s out of office and can pass this unmitigated fiasco to some other sucker. Only six more months until things REALLY get better..just a few more months until we can DRAW DOWN those troops! Draw them down, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Betrayal</title>
		<link>http://centerblue.org/311/betrayal/</link>
		<comments>http://centerblue.org/311/betrayal/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2007 12:43:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joe</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[War and Terrorism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bush]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[democrats]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[iraq]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[keith-olbermann]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://centerblue.org/2007/05/24/betrayal/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[What an outrageous disappointment the Democrats have been in serving as the will of the people in ending the futile Iraq conflict. The &#8220;compromise&#8221; recently announced was no compromise at all so much as a capitulation in the face of the very difficult decisions that have to be made. Dem&#8217;s, get your f&#8217;ing act together [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Because the troop surge is &#8220;working&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://centerblue.org/306/because-the-troop-surge-is-working/</link>
		<comments>http://centerblue.org/306/because-the-troop-surge-is-working/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Apr 2007 15:16:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joe</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[War and Terrorism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[iraq]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://centerblue.org/2007/04/12/because-the-troop-surge-is-working/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[We are being told the troop surge is &#8220;working.&#8221; It must be a terrible coincidence, then, that a bombing in the middle of the Green Zone just killed two Iraqi lawmakers and that another bomb destroyed a major bridge while causing cars to plunge into the river below. With &#8220;working&#8221; success like this, I&#8217;d hate [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Military moralism</title>
		<link>http://centerblue.org/299/military-moralism/</link>
		<comments>http://centerblue.org/299/military-moralism/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Mar 2007 13:33:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joe</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Civil Liberties]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[War and Terrorism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dont-ask-dont-tell]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gays-in-the-military]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[general-pace]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[peter-pace]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://centerblue.org/2007/03/13/military-moralism/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In a recent interview, Marine General Peter Pace demonstrated himself to be a &#8220;paragon of virtue,&#8221; speaking expansively as to why he believed the &#8220;don&#8217;t ask don&#8217;t tell&#8221; policy essentially banning gay people in the military was appropriate: &#8220;I believe homosexual acts between two individuals are immoral and that we should not condone immoral acts. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Captain America as allegory</title>
		<link>http://centerblue.org/297/captain-america-as-allegory/</link>
		<comments>http://centerblue.org/297/captain-america-as-allegory/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Mar 2007 16:58:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joe</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Civil Liberties]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Current Events]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[War and Terrorism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[9/11]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[america]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[captain-america]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[habeas-corpus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[warrantless-surveillance]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://centerblue.org/2007/03/07/captain-america-as-allegory/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[(Don&#8217;t read what follows if you don&#8217;t want a spoiler.) The story reverberating today through the comic book community and elsewhere is that Marvel has killed off its iconic hero Captain America as part of a larger story arc called &#8220;Civil War&#8221; that pits various heroes against each other. Captain America arose in 1941 as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Quote of the Day, from the la-la-land estate</title>
		<link>http://centerblue.org/293/quote-of-the-day-from-the-la-la-land-estate/</link>
		<comments>http://centerblue.org/293/quote-of-the-day-from-the-la-la-land-estate/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Feb 2007 22:46:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joe</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[War and Terrorism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cheney]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[iraq]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://centerblue.org/2007/02/21/quote-of-the-day-from-the-la-la-land-estate/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;I look at it and see it is actually an affirmation that there are parts of Iraq where things are going pretty well.&#8221; &#8211;Vice President Dick Cheney, responding to Britain PM Tony Blair&#8217;s decision to withdraw 1600 British troops from Iraq, which was probably a prelude to a full withdrawal.]]></description>
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		<title>BBC reveals US&#8217;s Iran attack plan</title>
		<link>http://centerblue.org/291/bbc-reveals-uss-iran-attack-plan/</link>
		<comments>http://centerblue.org/291/bbc-reveals-uss-iran-attack-plan/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Feb 2007 00:02:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joe</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[War and Terrorism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[iran]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[iraq]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nuclear]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://centerblue.org/2007/02/19/bbc-reveals-uss-iran-attack-plan/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Well here&#8217;s something not much covered by the lemming American media (and it&#8217;s one good reason to read non-American news sources): According to the BBC, the US government has laid out thorough contingency plans for attacking Iran that include not just its nuclear facilities, but practically all of its military infrastructure as well. The two [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Putin&#8217;s scathing criticism is dead on</title>
		<link>http://centerblue.org/289/putins-scathing-criticism-is-dead-on/</link>
		<comments>http://centerblue.org/289/putins-scathing-criticism-is-dead-on/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Feb 2007 00:01:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joe</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Foreign Policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[War and Terrorism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bush]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[putin]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://centerblue.org/2007/02/11/putins-scathing-criticism-is-dead-on/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I hate when other nations speak badly of America just like any other red-blooded American&#8211;but you have to call a spade a spade. There is no question that this nation&#8217;s irresponsible use of military force in the last few years has caused great damage to our reputation and made the world a much more dangerous [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bush needs another quarter of a T for his wars</title>
		<link>http://centerblue.org/280/bush-needs-another-quarter-of-a-t-for-his-wars/</link>
		<comments>http://centerblue.org/280/bush-needs-another-quarter-of-a-t-for-his-wars/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Feb 2007 17:18:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joe</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy/Economics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[War and Terrorism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[afghanistan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[budget]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bush]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://centerblue.org/2007/02/02/bush-needs-another-quarter-of-a-t-for-his-wars/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Bush administration officials are saying that the president will be requesting another $245 billion (yes, a hair short of a quarter of a trillion dollars) to fund continuing war efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan for 2007 and 2008. That&#8217;s quite apart from the $360 billion or so we have already spent, for a grand total [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The GOP is in shambles because of Iraq quagmire</title>
		<link>http://centerblue.org/273/the-gop-is-in-shambles-because-of-iraq-quagmire/</link>
		<comments>http://centerblue.org/273/the-gop-is-in-shambles-because-of-iraq-quagmire/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jan 2007 15:22:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joe</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[War and Terrorism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bob-novak]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gop]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[iraq]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[republicans]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://centerblue.org/2007/01/18/the-gop-is-in-shambles-because-of-iraq-quagmire/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Sometimes the GOP itself says it best. My favorite Republican shill Bob Novak: As they adjust to the 2006 election returns, Republicans recognize that this was no isolated bump in the road. The loss of about 320 state legislative seats across the country to the Democrats classifies last year&#8217;s election as a midrange electoral disaster. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A weary president&#8217;s last gasp</title>
		<link>http://centerblue.org/268/a-weary-presidents-last-gasp/</link>
		<comments>http://centerblue.org/268/a-weary-presidents-last-gasp/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jan 2007 13:58:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joe</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[War and Terrorism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[baghdad]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bush]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[iran]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[iraq]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[syria]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://centerblue.org/2007/01/11/a-weary-presidents-last-gasp/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Last night President Bush, with what looked like fear on his face, gave a speech to a skeptical public and a defiant Congress&#8211;trying to convince them that applying a little band-aid of 20,000+ troops to Iraq is actually going to make a difference. He failed. Instead, he ended up looking like an ignoramus by standing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Justice served</title>
		<link>http://centerblue.org/263/justice-served/</link>
		<comments>http://centerblue.org/263/justice-served/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Dec 2006 16:40:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joe</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Law]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[War and Terrorism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[iraq]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[penal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[saddam-hussein]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://centerblue.org/2006/12/30/justice-served/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Saddam Hussein has been executed. Fantastic. While I question the taste of photographs and videos going around showing his final moments, I fully approve of his execution. The world has to send a powerful message that it will not support, and will actively hunt down and kill, brutal dictators who mercilessly execute their own people [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bush seeks ways to diss Iraq Study Group report</title>
		<link>http://centerblue.org/257/bush-seeks-ways-to-diss-iraq-study-group-report/</link>
		<comments>http://centerblue.org/257/bush-seeks-ways-to-diss-iraq-study-group-report/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Dec 2006 16:31:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joe</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[War and Terrorism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bush]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[iraq]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[iraq-study-group]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[republicans]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://centerblue.org/2006/12/12/bush-seeks-ways-to-diss-iraq-study-group-report/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Given that the recommendations of the bipartisan Iraq Study Group report were not to his liking, Bush has now sought out the counsel of academics and retired generals who have predictably advised him not to draw down troops from Iraq and to not reach out to Iraq&#8217;s neighbors. They also advised him to increase the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bush doesn&#8217;t like Iraq Study Group report</title>
		<link>http://centerblue.org/255/bush-doesnt-like-iraq-study-group-report/</link>
		<comments>http://centerblue.org/255/bush-doesnt-like-iraq-study-group-report/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Dec 2006 17:49:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joe</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Foreign Policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[War and Terrorism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bush]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[congress]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://centerblue.org/2006/12/08/bush-doesnt-like-iraq-study-group-report/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The ink is barely dry on the Iraq Study Group&#8217;s report and Bush is already pooh-poohing parts of the report he doesn&#8217;t like while cherry-picking the parts that he does. He prefers instead to stick with his grandiose vision of spreading democracy in the Middle East, a desire called unrealistic and naive by the report [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rumsfeld memo too little, too late</title>
		<link>http://centerblue.org/252/rumsfeld-memo-too-little-too-late/</link>
		<comments>http://centerblue.org/252/rumsfeld-memo-too-little-too-late/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Dec 2006 16:53:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joe</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[War and Terrorism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bush]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[pentagon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rumsfeld]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://centerblue.org/2006/12/03/rumsfeld-memo-too-little-too-late/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[So Rumsfeld sent a memo to Bush two days before his resignation calling for a drastic change of course in Iraq, along with 21 &#8220;ideas&#8221; on how to change course. Where were these &#8220;ideas&#8221; prior to the election? Was it so important to cling to power that trying to win the election by &#8220;staying the [...]]]></description>
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