January 19, 2009
The Bush Years, Part Two: Bush and the Iraq War
The history of the Iraq War in headlines:
Bush Plan To Invade Iraq, Syria, Iran, and North Korea "Totally Different" Than Neocon Plan to Invade Iraq, Syria, Iran, and North Korea
Bush makes Last Ditch Attempt to Avoid Diplomatic Solution
U.S. Marines Discover Hidden Trove of Extra Hussein Sons
Marines Encounter More Than Just Pockets of Resistance in Baghdad, Try to Fend Off Complete Pants
Deck of Cards Mixup Leads to Accidental Killing of Actual King of Hearts
Iraqis Celebrate; U.S. Soldiers Shoot Them
Iraqis Protest Shooting of Iraqis by U.S. Soldiers; U.S. Soldiers Shoot Them
U.S. Forces Stop Shooting Iraqis; Offer Them $40 Instead
Paul Bremer Takes Over; U.S.-Iraq Administrator Jay Garner Demoted to Shoulder Rest For Reporters At Press Conferences
Claimed Iraqi Bioweapons Trailers Revealed To be Winnebagos
Indiana Husband Claims Wife Has WMD, Wants Regime Change and $100 Billion For Rebuilding
Cheney Makes Surprise Thanksgiving Visit To Undisclosed Location
White House Afraid That Fact That White House Authorized Torture Causing Growing Perception That White House Authorized Torture
Stupid Senseless Deaths Inevitable Part of Stupid, Senseless War, Says Rumsfeld
And naturally, the most recent development:
Bush To Invade Iraq Again
Last night, in an address to the nation, President Bush explained that he would have to "invade Iraq again," because "it's an awful mess over there." He said he was "not sure who was in charge" in Iraq, but that it had again become the "nexus of the axis of evil."
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