Subject: Iraq War

• A Third Anniversary Gift for Iraq

  Who knew that our political and military leaders were such a bunch of ol' sentimental softies? As a gift for the Iraqi people to mark the third invasion of their country, our leaders got them a miniature version of the invasion, Operation Swarmer. The mini-invasion has all feature that made that full-sized original so special. Lots of hardware directed against a virtually nonexistant but relentless overhyped threat? Yes. True motive hidden behind a threadbare pretext? Check. A spoon-fed media wi

  March 18, 2006

• "... downhill all the way"

  With the first anniversary of the nightmarish devastation of the Mississippi Gulf Coast and New Orleans by Hurricance Katerina (with the assistance of the Bush administration) looming, and the major news media already gearing up for their fifth anniversary of 9/11 extravaganzas, the UK newspaper The Independent directs our attention to another black mark on the calendar. A miserable milestone was passed the other day. America's (and Britain's) disastrous war in Iraq has now lasted longer than th

  August 27, 2006

• Duncan Hunter, Dick Nixon and "Gunga Dana" Rohrabacher

  In light of San Diego area rightwing hawk Rep. Duncan Hunter's quixotic bid for the U.S. presidency, MadCow Morning News compiles the Top Ten Reasons to Go Dunkin' With Duncan. (Thanks to the eagle-eyed pal who spotted this and passed it along). Included are comparisons of Hunter to OC's Favorite Disgraced Son ("We are currently in the fifth year of the war in Iraq. Remember the towering figure that came along during the fifth year of the Vietnam War? Right! Richard Nixon!") and a sly reference

  November 1, 2006

• Paging Prognosticators

  Will the Ducks win the Stanley Cup? Will the Angels make it to the Series? Will Tawny Kitaen stay out of jail? Will terrorists hit one of our local targets: Disneyland, the San Onofre nuke plant or TBN headquarters? Should they hit Disneyland? Will home prices collapse? What will happen first: our troops out of Iraq or Bush out of the White House? And what about Britney Spears? Will she find love, or if she can't find love is this crazy world not worth a hill of beans? What kind of beans? Kidney

  December 19, 2006

• Good Times At OC Defense Co.

  Thanks to the ongoing U.S. wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, Ceradyne, Inc.'s profits have skyrocketed. Late last month, the Costa Mesa-based company reported record first quarter sales of $188 million and a whopping 54 percent increase in net income. Indeed, it's gross profit margin for the period was 41 percent of sales. Ceradyne, which "develops, manufactures and markets advanced technical ceramic products and components for defense, industrial, automotive/diesel and commercial applications,"

  May 30, 2007

• Fallujah Strikes Again!

  One of the most gruesome episodes in the U.S. war on Iraq began calmly enough as two SUVs with darkened windows negotiated the dense traffic of downtown Fallujah. It was the morning of March 31, 2004, and the vehicles—each containing two American civilians guarding kitchen supplies for the U.S. military—belonged to Blackwater USA, the world's largest private mercenary army. The silence ended—and the first major salvo in the anti-American Iraqi insurgency began—when a group of Iraqi fed

  June 13, 2007

• Bumming on Empty

  If there's one thing that unites just about everyone in Orange County, it's probably not opposition to the War in Iraq or a sincere belief that our beaches are too clean. No, that one thing is this: gas is too fucking expensive and it's about fucking time to do something about it. Fortunately, somebody is: Irvine businessman Mitch Goldstone, who doubles as a consumer activist who's also opposed bogus credit card fees. This morning, Goldstone alerted us to a July 3 rally against gas fees that he

  June 30, 2008

• Bush Seeks New Favorite Philosopher

  March 6, 2003

• Plaque for Fallen Iraqi War Hero to be Placed at Walk of Honor

  Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Michael Monsoor of Garden Grove and members of his Delta Platoon, SEAL Team Three, were sent to Iraq in April 2006 and assigned to train Iraqi Army soldiers in Ramadi. Over the next five months, the mission found Monsoor, shown in the foreground here, and his platoon frequently engaged in combat with insurgent soldiers. On Sept. 29, 2006, Monsoor, three SEAL snipers and three Iraqi soliders took position on a rooftop during a firefight with four insurgents. A grenade

  February 11, 2009

• Grillin’, 
Not Killin’

  July 10, 2008

• [Special Screenings] Local Showings of 'Gunnin' for That #1 Spot,' More

  June 12, 2008

• Huntington Beach Punk Heroes the Vandals Rock Iraq, Afghanistan, Anaheim

  May 15, 2008

• Iraq War Movie 'Stop-Loss' Does Its Best Not to Mention the War

  March 27, 2008

• What Is It Good for

  Sandow Birk goes to war

  November 29, 2007

• Wednesday - 11/28

  No End In Sight at Marie Callenders, Army of Darkness at Regency South Coast Village

  November 22, 2007

• OC's Scariest People

  Our Congressional delegation tops this year’s list of 33 villains (31 for October, plus two more to get to the Dia de los Muertos, ese)

  October 25, 2007

• Walk Through the Valley

  Don’t let Paul Haggis’s heavy hand stop you from seeing his latest

  September 20, 2007

• Letters

  April 10, 2003

• That Other Quagmire

  May 17, 2007

• Sympathy for the Devil

  WEB EXCLUSIVE! Even horny horse whisperers get off in Sundance docs

  January 25, 2007

• Just Another Bloody Sequel

  Filmmakers of Vietnam-era DISSENT documentaries see parallels to Iraq War

  January 18, 2007

• Money for Nothing

  October 5, 2006

• He Ain't Marching Anymore

  September 21, 2006

• Diary of a Mad County

  September 7, 2006

• Only Pawns in Their Game

  July 13, 2006

• Peace and Video Games

  March 23, 2006

• For What, George?

  March 16, 2006

• Sister in Combat

  Unlike Bush, starlet Mamie Van Doren went to Vietnam

  March 16, 2006

• Politics

  January 12, 2006

• A Few Good Men

  My own private Fallujah at the Swallows Inn

  October 6, 2005

• Memorial Day 2005

  May 26, 2005

• No Entiendo

  March 10, 2005

• Your Letters About Haidl, 2004

  December 30, 2004

• Burning Bush

  October 14, 2004

• Homage to Babylonia

  October 7, 2004

• Burning Bush

  June 10, 2004

• Burning Bush

  May 20, 2004

• XXX Files

  May 13, 2004

• Burning Bush

  April 29, 2004

• The Presidents Conservative Critics

  February 26, 2004

• We Respond to Register Letters

  November 27, 2003

• Where Have All the Blowhards Gone?

  November 20, 2003

• Peace in Iraq

  July 3, 2003

• Everybodys All-American Mexican

  April 17, 2003

• As the World Burns

  April 10, 2003

• Slick Talk

  March 13, 2003

• War College

  March 6, 2003

• The War Against the War in Iraq

  November 14, 2002

• Silent Shout

  December 6, 2007

• 'No Entiendo'

  March 10, 2005