— Michael Ende (via haereticum)
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Former CIA terror expert Michael Scheuer (via cocodahaole)
BINGO!
(Source: ronpaul2012.com, via statehate)
August 31, 2010: President Obama declares the US combat mission in Iraq officially over.
August 16, 2011: BAGHDAD — A chilling series of fatal attacks across on Monday sent a disheartening message to the Iraqi and American governments: After hundreds of billions of dollars spent since the United States invasion in 2003, and tens of thousands of lives lost, insurgents remain a potent and perhaps resurging threat to Iraqis and the American troops still in the country.
The 42 apparently coordinated attacks underscored the reality that few places in Iraq are safe. The number of American troops killed this year has jumped, ahead of their planned withdrawal. Monday’s strikes against civilians and security forces across the country made it the deadliest day of the year for Iraqis, and it came in many forms: suicide attacks, car bombs, homemade bombs and gunmen.
