I am grateful beyond words that the last combat troops are leaving Iraq today. For those of you inclined to say, “but, but, but…there’s 50,000 left there!” I point you to these statistics. Note Afghanistan and Iraq have not been updated since May, 2010.
This was a war that didn’t have to happen, but it did. Today should be a day for celebration because at the very least, this war is over. And don’t forget, the remaining 50,000 troops are scheduled to leave Iraq by December, 2011.
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Good post from Yahoo News about how the “Ground Zero” mosque framing is entirely inaccurate.
Salon’s Justin Elliot noted Monday that the “Ground Zero mosque” controversy started to take shape in early May, with conservative Pamela Geller, of the Atlas Shrugs blog, and the New York Post leading the charge. It was only after such opposition gained steam — and in the wake of an important local community board vote — that the words “Ground Zero mosque” started appearing in headlines of national publications.
Just in case you weren’t aware that most news flurries aren’t news, have absolutely no basis in fact, and are intentionally spun to create dissent or criticism (but mostly division) among varying factions, walk through the past 36 hours with me. [click to continue…]
