Talking about news that Saddam Hussein may be executed within days, Josh Marshall says: The Iraq War has been many things, but for its prime promoters and cheerleaders and now-dwindling body of defenders, the war and all its ideological and literary trappings have always been an exercise in moral-historical dress-up for a crew of folks …
Does anyone else find it notable that the terror plot uncovered by the Brits last night was done by the cops, not the military? Hmm. Reminds me a little of the approach toward fighting terrorism that Kerry advocated when he was running for President in 2004. You don’t suppose he might have been right, do …
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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 Bush’s speech in Idaho Wednesday: So we’re after the enemy across the globe. And we’re determined, and we’re relentless, and we will stay on the hunt until the terrorists have nowhere to run and nowhere to hide. What’s that guy’s name? Oh, yeah. Osama bin Laden. Where is that guy?
Some of you may have seen references to a Pentagon-sponsored “America Supports You Freedom Walk,” with a performance by Clint Black. It’s to take place on September 11. There has been lots of outrage expressed, particularly at the continuing attempts to connect Iraq to 9/11. When I first read about it, there was seemingly only …
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 …
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 …
The next time you hear some Republican operative claim that John Kerry has voted against 13 weapons systems (as claimed here by the RNC), cite the facts contained here in rebuttal. Fred Kaplan of Slate has done the legwork to find out just what each of the bills/resolutions cited in the RNC’s talking points contained, …
They said Saddam had WMDs. He didn’t. They said he was in league with Osama bin Laden. He wasn’t. They predicted that no major postwar insurgency in Iraq would occur. It did. They said there would be a wave of pro-Americanism in the Middle East and the world if the United States acted boldly and …
Yesterday the 9/11 Commission said not enough was done to prevent the September 11 attacks, despite repeated opportunities to do so. At various points in the hearings this week, commissioners pressed current and former US officials on why they had failed to note warning signs as hijackers navigated the US border security and immigration systems. …