American soldiers clear underbrush in Iraqi palm grove with firebombs as part of Operation Archangel in 2008.
Jordan Chariton at The Wrap writes,
Valerie Plame Blasts Ex-NY Times Reporter Judith Miller’s ‘Pathetic’ Iraq War Column:
It’s an Iraq War redux 12 years later as infamous CIA operative Valerie Plame took to social media to criticize former New York Times reporter Judith Miller’s recent [Wall Street Journal] column that deflected her role in ginning up support for the Iraq War. [...]
In response, Valerie Plame, the CIA spy whose identity was leaked by the late columnist Robert Novak in 2003 and who became the center of a national firestorm, responded on Facebook.
Dear Judy,
No one is crediting you with starting the Iraq war. We know you were not
actually on the team that took us into the biggest, most tragic US foreign
policy debacle ever. You were just cheering from the sidelines. Your
attempt to re-write history is both pathetic and self-serving.
Sincerely,
Valerie Plame
Blast from the Past. At Daily Kos on this date in 2007—Baghdad in the Midwest:
We've spent a lot of time laughing at John McCain's safe stroll through the Shorja market in Baghdad, but today it's Rep. Mike Pence's turn to be mocked for his asinine remark describing their shopping spree, complete with 100 American troops, 3 Black Hawk helicopters and 2 Apache gunships, as:
...like a normal outdoor market in Indiana in the summer time. |
From today's Los Angeles Times, Baghdad in the Midwest cornfields, the story of a typical Indiana family enjoying a trip to the market:
My wife came into the living room wearing a Kevlar vest, helmet and night-vision goggles.
"What are you doing?" I asked.
"Have you completely forgotten, silly head? We're going to the market." [...]
Carol helped the boys get ready, putting on their sneakers and body armor. I phoned the Indiana National Guard so that they could radio the 434th Special Air Wing at Grissom Air Force Base, which in turn scrambled two F-14 Tomcats. Then we hopped in the wagon. [...]
The F-14s flew by low. Each of us activated our earpieces and hand-held mini walkie-talkies, agreed on a frequency, and I slowed the car to 15 mph as Carol and the boys opened the doors and rolled out, taking cover under shrubbery near the Bibb lettuce stand (the boys love salad!) [...]
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