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POPSGermany plans to take in Christian Iraqi refugees • U.N. estimates 2 million Iraqis have left their country since war began • U.S. tells U.N. it will try to resettle 7,000 Iraqi refugees in United States this year • So far, U.S. has taken in 466 Iraqi refugees • New U.S. plan calls for $18 million for refugee aid, placement in other countries Because we certainly don't want them here. Create a crisis and let other take care of the messy leftovers.
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POPSThe Commander-in-Chef Cooks Up a Storm "Bush: And as people are now beginning to see, Iraq is changing, democracy is beginning to take hold. And I'm convinced 50 years from now people look back and say thank God there was those who were willing to sacrifice. "Curry: But you're saying you're going to have to carry that burden... Some Americans believe that they feel they're carrying the burden because of this economy. "Bush: Yeah, well -- "Curry: They say -- they say they're suffering because of this. "Bush: I don't agree with that. "Curry: You don't agree with that? Has nothing do with the economy, the war? The spending on the war? "Bush: I don't think so. I think actually, the spending on the war might help with jobs. "Curry: Oh, yeah? "Bush: Yeah, because we're buying equipment, and people are working. I think this economy is down because we built too many houses."
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POPSJust a reminder Just a reminder. Since all the hundreds of thousand little flags that flew proudly after 911 and then the invasion of Iraq have long since fallen from cars, porches and curbs, into the streets, and gutters here is a gentle reminder to all you patriotic go team go Americans.
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POPSI Lost My Son to a War I Oppose. We Were Both Doing Our Duty. Additional remarks from the Author. Money buys access and influence. Money greases the process that will yield us a new president in 2008. When it comes to Iraq, money ensures that the concerns of big business, big oil, bellicose evangelicals and Middle East allies gain a hearing. By comparison, the lives of U.S. soldiers figure as an afterthought. Memorial Day orators will say that a G.I.'s life is priceless. Don't believe it. I know what value the U.S. government assigns to a soldier's life: I've been handed the check. It's roughly what the Yankees will pay Roger Clemens per inning once he starts pitching next month. I know that my son did his best to serve our country. Through my own opposition to a profoundly misguided war, I thought I was doing the same. In fact, while he was giving his all, I was doing nothing. In this way, I failed him.
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POPSIRAQ VETERANS RESPOND TO RUSH LIMBAUGH One of those phony soldiers, Jon Soltz took Limbaugh to task right quick, posting a fiery response on HuffingtonPost.com: "...just recently, members of the 82nd Airborne in Iraq wrote a New York Times op-ed, very critical of the course in Iraq, and suggesting it was time to figure out the exit strategy. Two of them just died. Will Rush call up their grieving parents and tell them that they should stop crying, because they were just 'phony soldiers?'
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