This article could just as easily have been headlined: “Bush acknowledges hole, vows to keep digging.” Although his tone was restrained, Mr. Bush did express confidence in the ultimate outcome in Iraq. Responding to a question about a remark he made in an interview with The Washington Post that America is not winning, he said, …
In keeping with those two questions I asked below, try these on for size: Rumsfeld’s notes from 9/11/2001 in which he clearly says 2:40 Resume Statement: Best info fast judge whether good enough Hit S.H@ same time – Not just UBL Tasks Jim Haynes to talk w/ PW [presumably Paul Wolfowitz] for additional support v/v …
From the NYT. The questions now are how many more times over how many years he might have to deliver the same message of patience and resolve – and whether the American public, confronted with a mounting death toll, an open-ended military commitment, lack of support from allies and a growing price tag, will accept …
We’ve heard very little about this memo over here, but in the UK it was one of the principal causes for Tony Blair’s Labor Party’s significant losses in the elections this week (yes, Labor still has a majority, but it looks like they lost 100 seats). The reason? Mistrust of Tony Blair. What caused the …
From Knight-Ridder’s Washington Bureau: “I have one position on Iraq,” Kerry insisted this week during a rare news conference. “One position.” In fact, he’s right, his image as a “flip-flopper” notwithstanding. Kerry voted in October 2002 for the congressional resolution that authorized President Bush to go to war in Iraq. He now says that the …
Regarding Abu Ghraib, I said in comments to this post that I blamed Bush for creating a climate which encouraged the kind of behavior we’ve now seen by American soldiers at that prison. Anthony Lewis agrees with me: Again and again, over these last years, President Bush has made clear his view that law must …
I haven’t commented on the mess in Iraq, mostly because there are a lot of other folks doing so, and adding my voice to the crowd seemed pointless. If you want good analysis, go see Professor Cole; for a more angry look at it, try Billmon. If you’re not sure you believe what you hear …
In case you missed what the domestic audience is talking about today around the water cooler, here’s a link to the main CBS 60 Minutes page with the pertinent information about Richard Clarke’s charge that President Bush, Defense Secretary Rumsfeld, Paul Wolfowitz and others ignored his warnings about al-Qaeda before 9/11. Here’s part one of …
You’re facing a budget deficit of $400-$500 billion this year and rising, so the obvious thing to do is reduce corporate taxes, right? Oh, and give companies an incentive to move jobs offshore, too. Supporters say the six-month tax holiday could lure as much as $300 billion back into the United States, which in turn …
For bureaucratic reasons, we settled on one issue, weapons of mass destruction (as justification for invading Iraq) because it was the one reason everyone could agree on. Paul Wolfowitz Vanity Fair interview For a (fully-sourced) timeline of all those WMD assertions, click here. In the words of Emile Zola, J’accuse! The Bush Administration is guilty …