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Cheney and Rumsfeld Rewrite History

By Mike Burns

As the war in Afghanistan moves forward under the leadership of Barack Obama, the American public heard from a couple of the military geniuses who got us in this mess to begin with. Both Cheney and Rumsfeld thought it was their duty to comment on how badly Obama was conducting the war effort and... »

Obama’s Afghanistan Gamble

By Mike Burns

Obama, after months of deliberation, has finally announced his new Afghanistan policy. He will send 30,000 more troops to the region and impose a timeline of around 18 months to accomplish the seemingly impossible. Watching him on that stage at West Point, you could feel the strain of having to make this very difficult... »

Afghanistan: The Question Is Strategy, Not Troops

By Mike Burns

For the last few years of the Bush administration, Afghanistan suffered from both the neglect and ineptitude of a President more interested in Saddam Hussein then Osama Bin Laden. While distracted in Iraq, we lost territory to a resurgent Taliban and watched our handpicked government devolve into corruption. Most importantly, we failed to eliminate... »

The Anniversary Of George W. Bush’s Failure

By Mike Burns

On September 11, 2001, I was woken up with a phone call from a friend who told me to turn on my TV because something terrible was happening in New York. For the next few days I was glued to my couch as I devoured every piece of detailed information that was available and... »

What Did George W. Bush Do All Day?

By Mike Burns

Here is an article I had written a couple of months ago for another website but I liked it so well I thought I would reprint it for you here. The recent article in GQ magazine detailing Donald Rumsfeld’s incompetence while Secretary of Defense reads like a chapter from a bizaro version of the idiots... »

Another Bush Failure For Obama To Fix

By Mike Burns

Bush’s Legacy project just got a little bit more difficult this week with the announcement that the Justice Department will be investigating the use of torture by the CIA during the Bush administration. The investigation will be narrowly focused on those specific acts of torture and abuse that went beyond the legal directives put... »

Tom Ridge Confirms Bush’s Terror Tactics

By Mike Burns

Sometimes conspiracy theories really do come true. In Tom Ridge’s upcoming book he outlines several scenarios where he felt pressure to raise the terror alert levels to artificially high levels for purely political reasons. What a big surprise. Actually, as dirty deeds from the Bush administration go, this doesn’t seem to be a very... »

Dick Cheney and the Politics of Fear

By Mike Burns

There has been much talk about Dick Cheney’s motives for continually speaking out about President Obama’s policies making us less safe. Yesterday and today, for example, Leon Panetta was quoted as saying “It is almost like he wants this country to be attacked”. Ed Shultz has taken it even farther and truly believes that... »

The Bible and Gun Club

By Mike Burns

About 10 years ago there was a low budget film entitled The Bible and Gun Club. It describes a group of door to door salesmen who sell both guns and bibles to needy citizens on their way to a national sales convention in Las Vegas.  The salesmen find no contradiction in this seemingly diverse... »