read this now. it's good. and depressing.

Quoted: s and the elite media alike are acting as if America's continuing presence in Iraq is predicated on national will, on an elaborate, tortured, tortuous decision-making process that will either extricate us from Iraq or establish a permanent footprint; that the final outcome is up to us. But what Lind, Larry C. Johnson, and Timothy Garton Ash perceive is that the groundwar dynamics have shifted into endgame gear, outracing the rhetorical cornmeal of a Lieberman or McCain and raising alarms that the political-media establishment is refusing to heed. What will it take for their hair to catch fire?

not to be outdone by a college student, suicide bombers make the 18th of april the deadliest day in two months for baghdad...

Bob Ross suits up for a tour through Iraq. "How about some happy little bullets? Yeah, happy, happy bullets..."

Quoted: The work of Michael Fay, one of only three official US marine combat artists in the service.

damn brits!

Quoted: A British decision to renew nuclear weapons will have serious consequences across the world, says Kate Hudson

Quoted: President Bush said that the U.S. should expand the size of its armed forces, acknowledging that the military has been strained by the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Quoted: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has written a letter to the American people praising them as "truth-loving and justice-seeking" and urging them to "play an instrumental role" in helping to change Bush administration policy in the Middle East.

Quoted: US involved in Iraq longer than in WWII

Quoted: Americans' approval of President Bush's handling of Iraq has dropped to the lowest level ever, increasing the pressure on the commander in chief to find a way out after nearly four years of war.