The ceremonies and celebrations are over. The festivities are complete. We await the next holiday weekend. Perhaps, in the interim we might reflect.

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Why are we here in the netroots and grassroots still fighting to get our troops out of Iraq?  Why are we exhausted and hurt from the fight in Congress over the funding of this occupation? Why do we soldier on in the Democratic party?  

Usually I see these books on how to fight Bush's illegal war in Iraq and my first response is disgust. This new book by Colonel Hunt is no exception. In fact I take particular umbrage to this one. Hunt said this war is about real people out dying and getting blown apart because of a few incompetents. Our generals, the most senior of the military, are to blame for this.

Last night I was watching the News Hour on PBS. There was a report on who exactly is bearing the brunt of our illegal invasion and occupation of Iraq.

Yeah, I know this is very old and boring news. They're sacrificing, I'm not. Yada, yada, yada.

CrossPosted at Daily Kos

Civilians unacquainted with the ways of the Building have only vague ideas about what it is the Pentagon does.  They think the real business of the Pentagon has something to do with defending America.  But it does not.  The real business of the Pentagon is buying weapons.

As a general once said, "Our job is to see that the flow of money to the contractor is not interrupted."