We die, they die, Bush sleeps at night
Excerpt: New Papers Suggest Detainee Abuse Was Widespread (washingtonpost.com) So 15 more soldiers died and the number of wounded has climbed above 10,000 and the reports keep coming in of abuse of Iraqi prisoners and Bush says he sleeps at night?...
Posted on December 22, 2004 07:53 AM Comments: 0
Go to complete text of entry.
Washing the blood . . . or out, out, dark Rummy
Excerpt: Lott Joins Republican Critics of Rumsfeld (washingtonpost.com) Even the Republicans are dumping on Rumsfeld these days, but there's no sign Bush gets the message. The messagei is simple: The unease is with his (Bush's) war - Rumsfeld is just a...
Posted on December 17, 2004 10:22 AM Comments: 0
Go to complete text of entry.
War as it really is
Excerpt: The New York Review of Books: On War Man, Chris Hedges knows war and he knows journalist and boy does he lay it all on the line here. You can check it out at the NYRB (link above) , but...
Posted on December 3, 2004 10:31 AM Comments: 0
Go to complete text of entry.
Hussein, a hole and a fan
Excerpt: Making Sense of Saddam Hussein's 'Exit Strategy' This writer asks a simple questin I have not heard others asking: Why did Saddam Husseun end up in a hole in the ground witha rug and a fan? I think the question...
Posted on November 24, 2004 04:19 AM Comments: 0
Go to complete text of entry.
Huh?! You mean they didn't consider it an emergency before?
Excerpt: AP > International > In Wake of Attacks, State of Emergency Declared in Iraq" href="http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/international/AP-Iraq.html?hp&ex=1099890000&en=f2d82505fff4fac0&ei=5094&partner=homepage">The New York Times > AP > International > In Wake of Attacks, State of Emergency Declared in Iraq This would be downright comic -...
Posted on November 7, 2004 09:15 AM Comments: 0
Go to complete text of entry.
Candidates predicatble - voters are not
Excerpt: Washington > Campaign 2004 > Candidates Give Tough Response to a Qaeda Tape" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/30/politics/campaign/30campaign.html?hp&ex=1099195200&en=58b5e09d601f869d&ei=5094&partner=homepage">The New York Times > Washington > Campaign 2004 > Candidates Give Tough Response to a Qaeda Tape In my view neither candidate gave an honest...
Posted on October 30, 2004 06:38 AM Comments: 0
Go to complete text of entry.
What bin Laden said
Excerpt: International > Transcript of Al Jazeera Tape" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/29/international/29WIRE-TRANS.html?oref=login">The New York Times > International > Transcript of Al Jazeera Tape After 9/11 we kept asking ourselves, "why do they hate us so?" We have never really come to grips with...
Posted on October 30, 2004 05:53 AM Comments: 0
Go to complete text of entry.
It's indisputable -we did not secure the weapons site
Excerpt: International > Middle East > Missing Explosives: 4 Iraqis Tell of Looting at Munitions Site in '03" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/28/international/middleeast/28bomb.html?oref=login">The New York Times > International > Middle East > Missing Explosives: 4 Iraqis Tell of Looting at Munitions Site in '03...
Posted on October 28, 2004 07:37 AM Comments: 0
Go to complete text of entry.
Unconvinced - listen to this soldier!
Excerpt: Bin Laden should be supporting Bush: 10/ 27/ 2004 This guy is a soldier in Iraq. His home is in Wareham, MA and he regularly sends in these columns to the New Bedford paper. They are good. I say that,...
Posted on October 27, 2004 10:01 AM Comments: 0
Go to complete text of entry.
It's the number of troops, dummy!
Excerpt: Talking Points Memo: by Joshua Micah Marshall: October 24, 2004 - October 30, 2004 Archives Josh Marshall - and a host of others - seem to be caught up in a lot of details about the missing 380 tons of...
Posted on October 27, 2004 05:23 AM Comments: 0
Go to complete text of entry.
Hey - anyone seen the kitchen sink?!
Excerpt: International > Middle East > Tracking the Weapons: Huge Cache of Explosives Vanished From Site in Iraq" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/25/international/middleeast/25bomb.html?hp&ex=1098763200&en=fd35fdf4b6d46d61&ei=5094&partner=homepage">The New York Times > International > Middle East > Tracking the Weapons: Huge Cache of Explosives Vanished From Site in Iraq...
Posted on October 25, 2004 07:54 AM Comments: 0
Go to complete text of entry.
The last crusade
Excerpt: Opinion > Op-Ed Columnist: Jews, Israel and America" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/24/opinion/24friedman.html?hp">The New York Times > Opinion > Op-Ed Columnist: Jews, Israel and America In the Arab mind we are the Jews - that is, the Arabs see no difference between America...
Posted on October 24, 2004 07:02 AM Comments: 0
Go to complete text of entry.
Huh?
Excerpt: AP > International > Dozens of Iraqi Soldiers Found Shot to Death" href="http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/international/AP-Iraq.html?hp&ex=1098676800&en=c718250197fbe536&ei=5094&partner=homepage">The New York Times > AP > International > Dozens of Iraqi Soldiers Found Shot to Death Two things got me about this story. First, people apparently...
Posted on October 24, 2004 06:46 AM Comments: 0
Go to complete text of entry.
And these are the best friends Bush has!
Excerpt: Blair Criticized for Moving Troops in Iraq (washingtonpost.com) LONDON, Oct. 18 -- British lawmakers in the ruling and main opposition parties alike sharply criticized Prime Minister Tony Blair's government on Monday for planning to move hundreds of British troops from...
Posted on October 18, 2004 05:24 PM Comments: 0
Go to complete text of entry.
Uh, anyone seen my bomb?
Excerpt: Iraq bomb-making gear missing - OCT 13, 2004 Both candidates agree the real threat is nuclear proliferation. I certainly agree. Yet why is this incredible Reuters story out of the UN getting such small play? CNN gave it a little...
Posted on October 13, 2004 04:26 AM Comments: 0
Go to complete text of entry.
Making new enemies
Excerpt: I was watching CNN last night. They ran a story about how we tried to rescue the American and English hostages twice before they were beheaded. In both cases we showed up with a raiding party at the houses where...
Posted on October 13, 2004 03:54 AM Comments: 0
Go to complete text of entry.
Soldiers tales from Moore's email
Excerpt: Dear Dad, Iraq Sucks I don't lnow if the headline is strong enough. Read some of the email Michael Moore is getting and shiver. t's hard listening to my platoon sergeant saying, "If you decide you want to kill a...
Posted on October 13, 2004 03:52 AM Comments: 0
Go to complete text of entry.
Reality check - Afghan women
Excerpt: Opinion > Op-Ed Columnist: Beaten Afghan Brides" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/06/opinion/06kris.html">The New York Times > Opinion > Op-Ed Columnist: Beaten Afghan Brides This column by Nichalas D. Kristof shows that Afghan women are far from free today, though you will hear the...
Posted on October 6, 2004 05:36 AM Comments: 0
Go to complete text of entry.
AT home Allawi tells the truth
Excerpt: International > Middle East > Premier's Speech: Iraq Chief Gives a Sobering View About Security" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/06/international/middleeast/06iraq.html?hp">The New York Times > International > Middle East > Premier's Speech: Iraq Chief Gives a Sobering View About Security Essentially what this story...
Posted on October 6, 2004 02:58 AM Comments: 0
Go to complete text of entry.
Speaking out? Not really!
Excerpt: Bremer Criticizes Troop Levels (washingtonpost.com) This Washington Post article makes it sound ;like Bremer has at last come to his senses. When he was running iraq they should have had more troops. Right. But he says they have enough troops...
Posted on October 5, 2004 07:40 AM Comments: 0
Go to complete text of entry.
Timing and body count and. . .
Excerpt: Top News Article | Reuters.com Hey, am I th eonly one who fears there's a soprdid connection between our agressive stance in Iraq yesterday and the president's losing of the foreign policy debate? Oh - and what about body counts....
Posted on October 2, 2004 03:34 AM Comments: 0
Go to complete text of entry.
We kill more than the terrorist, but. . .
Excerpt: More Iraqi Civilians Killed by US Forces Than By Insurgents, Data Shows This story from Knight Ridder is the sort of thing that somehow continues to get ignored. We don't behead innocent people - thank God for small favors -...
Posted on September 26, 2004 05:17 AM Comments: 0
Go to complete text of entry.
The lap dog didn't have a clue either
Excerpt: Herald Sun: Blair 'warned' of post-war chaos [19sep04] This gets more and more ridiculous. THE British Government has been accused of "clearly misleading" the public over plans for post-war Iraq after a newspaper reported Tony Blair was warned a year...
Posted on September 20, 2004 01:02 PM Comments: 0
Go to complete text of entry.
Reality hits the Republican party?
Excerpt: Top News Article | Reuters.com Well, they're now getting it half right - Iraq is a mess. Of course, they think we can make it better by getting tougher - and so do many democrats - and all that is...
Posted on September 20, 2004 07:25 AM Comments: 0
Go to complete text of entry.
The sick leading the blind
Excerpt: International News Article | Reuters.com Why anyone thinks they have anything to gain by killing innocent hostages is beyond me - but then, I don't pretend to really understand the thinking of religious fundamentalist. In any event, their actions are...
Posted on August 31, 2004 11:32 AM Comments: 0
Go to complete text of entry.
Bizzaro Bush
Excerpt: Washington > Campaign 2004 > The President: Bush Cites Doubt America Can Win War on Terror" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2004/08/31/politics/campaign/31bush.html?hp">The New York Times > Washington > Campaign 2004 > The President: Bush Cites Doubt America Can Win War on Terror Let's get...
Posted on August 31, 2004 04:07 AM Comments: 0
Go to complete text of entry.
Ah - just what we need - more poor people
Excerpt: Guardian Unlimited | The Guardian | World faces population explosion in poor nations They don't relate this to the war on terror directly - but for me it's one of th ebig reason why we need to change directions fast...
Posted on August 18, 2004 02:50 AM Comments: 0
Go to complete text of entry.
Stupid? Or simply not serious?
Excerpt: Opinion > Sidestepping Reform at the C.I.A." href="http://www.nytimes.com/2004/08/11/opinion/11wed1.html?hp">The New York Times > Opinion > Sidestepping Reform at the C.I.A. The Bush nomination of Porter Goss is so grossly stupid it makes me wonder whether the White House really takes...
Posted on August 11, 2004 04:04 AM Comments: 0
Go to complete text of entry.
Uncommon sense - what to do next
Excerpt: Opinion > Op-Ed Contributor: Honorable Commission, Toothless Report" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2004/07/25/opinion/25clar.html?hp">The New York Times > Opinion > Op-Ed Contributor: Honorable Commission, Toothless Report Richard Clarke has ane xcellent op-ed piece in today's NYT in which he devotes quite abit of time...
Posted on July 25, 2004 05:08 AM Comments: 0
Go to complete text of entry.
For those who feel safer with Bush directing war . . .
Excerpt: Opinion > Op-Ed Columnist: Spinning Our Safety" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2004/07/25/opinion/25dowd.html?hp">The New York Times > Opinion > Op-Ed Columnist: Spinning Our Safety Here are the first five graphs, but I urge reading of the whole thing: Maybe it's because I've been instructed...
Posted on July 25, 2004 04:59 AM Comments: 0
Go to complete text of entry.
Setting the 9/11 record straight
Excerpt: National > Correcting the Record on Sept. 11, in Great Detail" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2004/07/25/national/25PANE.html?hp">The New York Times > National > Correcting the Record on Sept. 11, in Great Detail It's easy to get lost in all the details of the 9/11...
Posted on July 25, 2004 04:48 AM Comments: 0
Go to complete text of entry.
Administration's policy makes it hard for our diplomats to do their job
Excerpt: Here's a real good perspective on the problems presented our foreign diplomats by Bush policies. It was sent to me with this note: I participated in the study group on US foreign policy that you facilitated for THE SECOND HALF...
Posted on July 23, 2004 07:22 AM Comments: 0
Go to complete text of entry.
Freedom to murder????
Excerpt: Allawi Shot Inmates in Cold Blood, Say Witnesses This story is obviously disturnbing for the simple reason that it says we traded Hussein for someone who can be just as brutal. I find the story believable: 1. Because a very...
Posted on July 19, 2004 04:54 PM Comments: 0
Go to complete text of entry.
"Oooops!" just doesn't seem adequate
Excerpt: BBC NEWS | UK | Politics | 'Serious flaws' in Iraq intelligence From the BBC: Key intelligence used to justify war with Iraq has now been shown to be unreliable, the Butler Report says. The 196 page report says MI6...
Posted on July 14, 2004 11:18 AM Comments: 0
Go to complete text of entry.
A simple question and no answer
Excerpt: Opinion > Op-Ed Columnist: The Real Enemy Staring Us in the Face" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2004/07/12/opinion/12HERB.html?hp">The New York Times > Opinion > Op-Ed Columnist: The Real Enemy Staring Us in the Face This column seemed pretty routine to me until I got...
Posted on July 12, 2004 05:28 AM Comments: 0
Go to complete text of entry.
What do they know?
Excerpt: The New York Times > Washington > Bin Laden Is Said to Be Organizing for a U.S. Attack I'm assuming that if you pay $30 billion or so each year for an intelligence operation, then the information you get is...
Posted on July 9, 2004 05:02 AM Comments: 0
Go to complete text of entry.
Remembering patriots and kings
Excerpt: Opinion > Op-Ed Columnist: Their George and Ours" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2004/07/04/opinion/04EHRE.html?hp">The New York Times > Opinion > Op-Ed Columnist: Their George and Ours This is a fascinating look at the Declaration of Independence. In a similar vein, we would do well...
Posted on July 4, 2004 06:16 AM Comments: 0
Go to complete text of entry.
In dubious battle
Excerpt: Saddam Could Call CIA in His Defense One of Dubya's favorite things to say is that Saddam Hussein "gassed his own people." Hussein ha always denied that he did this and our own intelligence reports fromt hat ear point the...
Posted on July 3, 2004 07:53 PM Comments: 0
Go to complete text of entry.
Nationalist vs nationalist
Excerpt: Opinion > Op-Ed Columnist: Al Jazeera: Out-Foxing Fox" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2004/07/03/opinion/03KRIS.html?adxnnl=1&adxnnlx=1088842116-9V0tJ3ODYVbXF6Wzmrjlgw">The New York Times > Opinion > Op-Ed Columnist: Al Jazeera: Out-Foxing Fox Here's an interesting concept presented by Kristof in a balanced column that looked at what went wrong in...
Posted on July 3, 2004 04:20 AM Comments: 0
Go to complete text of entry.
Counting the wasted dollars
Excerpt: Iraq War Analysis Paints Grim Picture Consider this when it comes to winning hearts and minds: "If spent on international programs, the same sum [we are spending killing people in Iraq] could have cut world hunger in half and covered...
Posted on June 25, 2004 11:19 AM Comments: 0
Go to complete text of entry.
The country wakes up!
Excerpt: Yahoo! News - Majority of Americans Now Call Iraq War a Mistake It was wrong to go to war in Iraq. Going to war in Iraq has made us less safe. Those are the opinions now of MOST Americans. Read...
Posted on June 25, 2004 05:18 AM Comments: 0
Go to complete text of entry.
What Plan B?
Excerpt: Israel Looks to Kurds Seymour Hersh has written a lengthy analysis of the kinds of factors that will be at work in the aftermath of the 30 June "transfer of sovereignty." Israel is deeply invested in Northern Iraq's Kurds, much...
Posted on June 22, 2004 03:55 PM Comments: 0
Go to complete text of entry.
Right wing terrorist don't count
Excerpt: Opinion > Op-Ed Columnist: Noonday in the Shade" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/22/opinion/22KRUG.html">The New York Times > Opinion > Op-Ed Columnist: Noonday in the Shade Question: How did a total crazy get to be attorney general? Question: What the hell are the news...
Posted on June 22, 2004 04:48 AM Comments: 0
Go to complete text of entry.
Ooops, the S. S. Bush hits another iceberg
Excerpt: Washington > U.S. Said to Overstate Value of Guantánamo Detainees" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/21/politics/21GITM.html?hp">The New York Times > Washington > U.S. Said to Overstate Value of Guantánamo Detainees So can we believe any thing at all that George Bush & Company tells...
Posted on June 21, 2004 05:28 AM Comments: 0
Go to complete text of entry.
Getting past 9/11 - a view from downunder
Excerpt: The strange, sad death of the American way - After Saddam - www.smh.com.au Dom forwarded this wonderful summary which gives a feel for the changing opinion in Australia, as well as a sense of how we are being perceived from...
Posted on June 18, 2004 08:14 AM Comments: 0
Go to complete text of entry.
Oh, now it''s clear!
Excerpt: BBC NEWS | World | Americas | Bush adamant over 9/11-Iraq links "The reason I keep insisting that there was a relationship between Iraq and Saddam and al-Qaeda is because there was a relationship between Iraq and al-Qaeda," he said....
Posted on June 17, 2004 01:42 PM Comments: 0
Go to complete text of entry.
Tenet's resignation a slam dunk
Excerpt: Opinion > George Tenet Resigns" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/04/opinion/04FRI1.html">The New York Times > Opinion > George Tenet Resigns The litany of CIA failures over the past decade is incredible and Tenet's resignation, while certainly due, isn't going to solve much. Read these...
Posted on June 4, 2004 03:59 AM Comments: 0
Go to complete text of entry.
Spy vs Spy
Excerpt: Washington > Polygraph Testing Starts at Pentagon in Chalabi Inquiry" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/03/politics/03CHAL.html?hp">The New York Times > Washington > Polygraph Testing Starts at Pentagon in Chalabi Inquiry What's the truth in the Chalabi affair? I haven't a clue and I don't...
Posted on June 3, 2004 05:10 AM Comments: 0
Go to complete text of entry.
Same old, same old . . .
Excerpt: United Press International: Analysis: New Iraq government clone of old Bush loves the new Iraq government. Of course he does. It's a clone of the xisting oen that has failed. Bush says this one was put together by the UN....
Posted on June 2, 2004 01:01 PM Comments: 0
Go to complete text of entry.
Sounding super sensible
Excerpt: Opinion > Op-Ed Columnist: Tilting the Playing Field" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2004/05/30/opinion/30FRIE.html?hp">The New York Times > Opinion > Op-Ed Columnist: Tilting the Playing Field Feldman is making awfully good sense here - without ranting in either direction. Here's his conclusion - but...
Posted on May 30, 2004 03:09 AM Comments: 0
Go to complete text of entry.
Wake-up call . . .
Excerpt: Washington > Abuse of Captives More Widespread, Says Army Survey" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2004/05/26/politics/26ABUS.html?hp">The New York Times > Washington > Abuse of Captives More Widespread, Says Army Survey The essense of this story is in the first paragraph: An Army summary of...
Posted on May 26, 2004 03:39 AM Comments: 0
Go to complete text of entry.
Andy Rooney isn't laughing
Excerpt: Our Darkest Days Are Here This commentary from Andy Rooney doesn't pull any punches. I'm not sure I agree with all of it - but as I recall, I'm pretty sure he's a WWII veteran. I've heard others say that...
Posted on May 25, 2004 12:42 PM Comments: 0
Go to complete text of entry.
Eh... read the text
Excerpt: I know it may be painful for some, but I suggest you read the text of what Bush has to say - not because it is so good, but because the three news stories I have read so far all...
Posted on May 25, 2004 07:18 AM Comments: 0
Go to complete text of entry.
So we were the pivot point in the axis of evil?
Excerpt: New York City - World News Here's how this story begins: WASHINGTON -- The Defense Intelligence Agency has concluded that a U.S.-funded arm of Ahmed Chalabi's Iraqi National Congress has been used for years by Iranian intelligence to pass disinformation...
Posted on May 22, 2004 01:00 PM Comments: 0
Go to complete text of entry.
Sounds like My Lai . . . but is it?
Excerpt: 'US Soldiers Started to Shoot Us, One by One' What happenned in Mukaradeeb? One thing both sides agree on - about 40 Iraqis are dead. There appears to have been no American casualties. What we don't know - was thiis...
Posted on May 22, 2004 04:33 AM Comments: 0
Go to complete text of entry.
Michael Berg's View
Excerpt: George Bush never looked into Nick's eyes A powerful piece by the father of Nick Berg. There are three statements that captured my attention and then my feeling. Even more than the murderers who took my son's life, I condemn...
Posted on May 21, 2004 06:03 PM Comments: 3
Go to complete text of entry.
Oh crap, I surrender!
Excerpt: New Details of Prison Abuse Emerge (washingtonpost.com) I have said that killing innocent people is worse than abusing prisoners. I still believe that - but these latest pictures in the Washington Post had me banging the walls with my fist...
Posted on May 21, 2004 11:35 AM Comments: 0
Go to complete text of entry.
Real war, real truth, real horror. real dishonor
Excerpt: Opinion > Op-Ed Columnist: 'Gooks' to 'Hajis'" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2004/05/21/opinion/21HERB.html?hp">The New York Times > Opinion > Op-Ed Columnist: 'Gooks' to 'Hajis' WHile the prison abuses remain spectacular they are also distracting us from taking a look at the real abuse going...
Posted on May 21, 2004 06:42 AM Comments: 0
Go to complete text of entry.
Once more, I am out of sync . . .
Excerpt: Top News Article | Reuters.com Ok, the headline says he got a one-year jail term "for Prsioner Abuse." Why do I think that should read: "for Bush re-election." or "for saving American face?" I mean, this is the fall guy's...
Posted on May 19, 2004 11:24 AM Comments: 0
Go to complete text of entry.
It's war . . . it' a plan . . . it's. . .a mess
Excerpt: Top News Article | Reuters.com What the hell do you make of this mess? This article talks about the abuse - sickeningly believable - of three employees of Reuters taken in custody for three days by US forces. Read it....
Posted on May 18, 2004 02:51 PM Comments: 0
Go to complete text of entry.
On Wooden Horses and Wooden Heads
Excerpt: Opinion > Op-Ed Columnist: The Springs of Fate" href="http://www.NYTimes.com/2004/05/16/opinion/16DOWD.html?hp">The New York Times > Opinion > The Springs of Fate Maureen Dowd has done it again. This time linking the Bush adventures and those of the Trojans. The release of...
Posted on May 16, 2004 10:05 AM Comments: 1
Go to complete text of entry.
Post has it right, but . . .
Excerpt: The Policy of Abuse (washingtonpost.com) This is a thoughtful, lengthy editorial and as near as I can tell gets it all right - except suddenly at the conclusion they simply call for the administration to change its ways. Bad boys....
Posted on May 16, 2004 07:00 AM Comments: 0
Go to complete text of entry.
The right direction
Excerpt: Opinion > The Wrong Direction" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2004/05/14/opinion/14FRI1.html?hp">The New York Times > Opinion > The Wrong Direction The NYT has a wonderful editorial on the prison mess and how it should be handled right now. Here's what they said: Watching President...
Posted on May 14, 2004 08:35 AM Comments: 0
Go to complete text of entry.
A good idea, but. . .
Excerpt: Opinion > Op-Ed Columnist: Cursed by Oil" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2004/05/09/opinion/09FRIE.html?8hpib">The New York Times > Opinion > Op-Ed Columnist: Cursed by Oil Friedman is trying to find some sense of things and to an extent he does. here's what he has to...
Posted on May 10, 2004 04:21 AM Comments: 0
Go to complete text of entry.
Rummy, the ar and plain silliness
Excerpt: Opinion > Mr. Rumsfeld's Defense" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2004/05/08/opinion/08SAT1.html">The New York Times > Opinion > Mr. Rumsfeld's Defense I watched one of the Republican leaders last night try to defend Rumsfeld and the Army. Essentially his message was the Army got the...
Posted on May 8, 2004 06:32 AM Comments: 0
Go to complete text of entry.
Let's party!
Excerpt: Click for larger image. And once more, Rush shows he can outdo them all!...
Posted on May 7, 2004 07:49 AM Comments: 0
Go to complete text of entry.
Et Tu, Thomas?
Excerpt: Opinion > Op-Ed Columnist: Restoring Our Honor" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2004/05/06/opinion/06FRIE.html">The New York Times > Opinion > Op-Ed Columnist: Restoring Our Honor And so Thomas Freidman is at last coming to his senses. This column in the NYT begins: e are in...
Posted on May 6, 2004 10:04 AM Comments: 0
Go to complete text of entry.
Good News & Better News
Excerpt: Washington > Rumsfeld Chastised by President for His Handling of Iraq Scandal" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2004/05/06/politics/06CABI.html?ex=1084810735&ei=1&en=be7228ec6bd3b770">The New York Times > Washington > Rumsfeld Chastised A day after the story broke of Powell's alienation from the Bush administration comes the news that W...
Posted on May 6, 2004 09:42 AM Comments: 0
Go to complete text of entry.
Is this for real? Is this woman crazy?
Excerpt: Her Beautiful Mind "Why should we hear about body bags and deaths," Barbara Bush said on ABC's "Good Morning America" on March 18, 2003. "Oh, I mean, it's not relevant. So why should I waste my beautiful mind on something...
Posted on May 4, 2004 07:30 PM Comments: 0
Go to complete text of entry.
What he meant by model Democracy
Excerpt: Opinion > Op-Ed Columnist: Battlefield of Dreams" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2004/05/04/opinion/04KRUG.html">The New York Times > Opinion > Op-Ed Columnist: Battlefield of Dreams Call me slow, but it never dawned on me until I read this column that what the Neocons were up...
Posted on May 4, 2004 02:59 AM Comments: 0
Go to complete text of entry.
Photo Wars
Excerpt: TomDispatch While Iraq did not heretofore warrant being linked with the "War on Terror" launched by our president, the revelations of the atrocities perpetrated by Americans on Iraqi prisoners in Abu Ghraib establishes a new dimension to the war being...
Posted on May 3, 2004 02:05 PM Comments: 0
Go to complete text of entry.
Who knew what and when?
Excerpt: International > Middle East > Report on Abuse Faults 2 Officers in Intelligence" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2004/05/03/international/middleeast/03ABUS.html?pagewanted=1&hp">The New York Times > International > Middle East > Report on Abuse Faults 2 Officers in Intelligence This all gives new meaning to what Rumsfeld...
Posted on May 3, 2004 03:58 AM Comments: 1
Go to complete text of entry.
It gets worse
Excerpt: The New Yorker: Fact (I'm posting this because the news on this has been spotty at best - though this morning the New Yorker's story, is front page in the NYT. But note, in the Washington Post what they are...
Posted on May 2, 2004 07:11 AM Comments: 1
Go to complete text of entry.
Slow-breaking news - Shocked - no and yes
Excerpt: BBC NEWS | World | Middle East | Bush 'disgusted' by Iraq abuses Or to get the graphic truth, go here. Two of the most shocking stories out of Iraq have taken at least two days to even begin to...
Posted on April 30, 2004 08:59 PM Comments: 2
Go to complete text of entry.
Read it, weep - and think about your taxes
Excerpt: Opinion > Op-Ed Columnist: What Went Wrong?" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2004/04/23/opinion/23KRUG.html">The New York Times > Opinion > Op-Ed Columnist: What Went Wrong? What a farce! Long ago - before the election - I saw Harding as a model for Bush because I...
Posted on April 23, 2004 03:59 AM Comments: 0
Go to complete text of entry.
Ignoramorama
Excerpt: The Poll Miner University of Maryland's Program on International Policy Attitudes (PIPA) has just released a new study about Americans' views of the war in Iraq, al Qaeda, and George W. Bush. Not much change in our ignorance of what...
Posted on April 22, 2004 06:34 PM Comments: 0
Go to complete text of entry.
If you want people to be conservative . . .
Excerpt: Opinion > Op-Ed Columnist: From Gaza to Baghdad" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2004/04/15/opinion/15FRIE.html">The New York Times > Opinion > Op-Ed Columnist: From Gaza to Baghdad . . . give them something to conserve. That's a very old political/social dictum that I've always felt...
Posted on April 15, 2004 04:52 AM Comments: 0
Go to complete text of entry.
How many errors are enough?
Excerpt: Opinion > Op-Ed Columnist: Snares and Delusions" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2004/04/13/opinion/13KRUG.html">The New York Times > Opinion > Op-Ed Columnist: Snares and Delusions Once again, Krugman asks all the right questions. It would be refreshing if Bush announced some real news in his...
Posted on April 13, 2004 05:23 AM Comments: 0
Go to complete text of entry.
Stewed rice
Excerpt: Claim vs. Fact: Condoleezza Rice's Opening Statement - Center for American Progress Wonder how many of the mainstream press will pick up on this sort of thing? Great summary. Also wonder if there shouldn't be some sort of biolpogical study...
Posted on April 8, 2004 03:57 PM Comments: 0
Go to complete text of entry.
We're at war - let's party!
Excerpt: Opinion > Op-Ed Columnist: Are There Any Iraqis in Iraq?" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2004/04/08/opinion/08FRIE.html?hp">The New York Times > Opinion > Op-Ed Columnist: Are There Any Iraqis in Iraq? NYT op ed columnist Thomas Friedman has long been a sort of hawk on...
Posted on April 8, 2004 07:00 AM Comments: 0
Go to complete text of entry.
Plain speaking
Excerpt: Opinion > Op-Ed Columnist: The Iraqi Inversion" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2004/04/08/opinion/08DOWD.html?hp">The New York Times > Opinion > Op-Ed Columnist: The Iraqi Inversion Oh hell, don't bother going to the NYT - here it is - just a wonderful sumary of the whole...
Posted on April 8, 2004 05:31 AM Comments: 0
Go to complete text of entry.
A state of denial and self-delusion
Excerpt: Muslim Rivals Unite In Baghdad Uprising (washingtonpost.com) When the obvious actually happens it's amazing how surprised the media and the administration seem to be. People don't like to be attacked. People don't like to be killed. And people don't like...
Posted on April 7, 2004 07:34 AM Comments: 1
Go to complete text of entry.
Great summary of a sad mess distorted by PR
Excerpt: Op-Ed Columnist: Mired in a Mirage Dowd does a wonderful job of connecting the dots here - and the dots are largely globs of blood - blood in Iraq and Afghanistan and Bush trying to wash it from his hands....
Posted on April 4, 2004 06:01 AM Comments: 0
Go to complete text of entry.
So, Who Blinked?
Excerpt: Is Fix in at 9/11 Commission? Did the 9/11 Commission and public opinion force a reluctant White House to permit Condi Rice to make her second appearance before the Commission public and under oath, thereby winning a significant tactical victory?...
Posted on March 31, 2004 08:31 AM Comments: 0
Go to complete text of entry.
Excerpt: This link takes you to The Gadflyer and a couple brief posts about the discombobulation Richard Clarke seems to be causing in the White House. Who's In Charge? The first notes the discordance between Stephen Hadley's comments to Leslie Stahl...
Posted on March 23, 2004 12:45 PM Comments: 0
Go to complete text of entry.
He knew, he didn't act, then he acted wrong
Excerpt: Aces Full of Links: Safer With Who Out Of Power? Ah - James and many others, I'm sure, saw 60 Minutes last night. I didn't. If you didn't I urge you to read what James has to say. If you...
Posted on March 22, 2004 03:08 AM Comments: 0
Go to complete text of entry.
What They Really Said
Excerpt: Iraq on the Record This site was prepared for Representative Henry Waxman, ranking democrat on the Committee for Governmental Reform. It includes statements made during the runup to war in Iraq by Bush, Cheney, Powell, Rice, and Rumsfeld clustered in...
Posted on March 20, 2004 10:25 AM Comments: 0
Go to complete text of entry.
Clear and to the point
Excerpt: Spain's new prime minister has it right: "Fighting terrorism with bombs, with operations of 'shock and awe', with missiles, that does not combat terrorism it only generates more radicalism," the 43-year-old Socialist leader said. "The way to fight terrorism is...
Posted on March 17, 2004 12:21 PM Comments: 0
Go to complete text of entry.
Excerpt: Talking Points Memo: by Joshua Micah Marshall March 15, 2004 01:50 PM (Printable Format)" Talking Points Memo...
Posted on March 16, 2004 02:25 PM Comments: 0
Go to complete text of entry.
A true conservative amidst the neos
Excerpt: MilitaryWeek.com: Karen Kwiatkowski: In Rumsfeld's Shop This offers an excellent insight into how, in a democracy, a small group of people with a particular political goal, can simply take over the complex machinery of defense and foreign policy. Mike sent...
Posted on March 11, 2004 06:24 PM Comments: 0
Go to complete text of entry.
The Post-War Debacle in Iraq
Excerpt: Blind Into Baghdad This is a lengthy analysis by James Fallows in the current "Atlantic On Line" about what happened in the planning for a post-war Iraq. (~29 pp. in Palatino 12 pt.) In a nutshell, the work was done,...
Posted on January 14, 2004 05:56 PM Comments: 1
Go to complete text of entry.
Spare me the hypocrisy
Excerpt: World Knows our Foreign Policy Better Than We Do This is just a beautiful, brief, factual treatment of why the world mistrusts us so and why they don't buy into all the surary lies about "democracy" that Bush so sanctimoniously...
Posted on December 19, 2003 07:35 AM Comments: 0
Go to complete text of entry.
A possible sleeper?
Excerpt: 9/11 Chair: Attack Was Preventable Interesting. Right now it looks like only CBS has this story. So it might be a sleeper that the rest of the media will slowly awaken too. If it is half as significant as it...
Posted on December 18, 2003 05:01 PM Comments: 0
Go to complete text of entry.
wrong war at the wrong time
Excerpt: Chellanging 'Pre-emption' Well, there are still a couple of people left with some common sense - I'm talking about Byrd (see link above) and Dean. The rest of the crew - including some Democratic candidates so desperate they're willing to...
Posted on December 16, 2003 07:27 AM Comments: 0
Go to complete text of entry.
Sucker punched!
Excerpt: Defining the Resistance in Iraq - It's not Foreign and It's Well Prepared Scott Ritter turned on lights for me here. (See above story in the Christian Science Monitor.) Suddenly I had an image of a screen pass in football....
Posted on November 11, 2003 07:02 AM Comments: 0
Go to complete text of entry.
The importance of pride
Excerpt: Op-Ed Columnist: The Humiliation Factor Friedman is making sense here - there's only one thing wrong. The man int he White House has too much pride to listen to anyone, even a columnist who has given him quite abit of...
Posted on November 9, 2003 12:15 PM Comments: 0
Go to complete text of entry.
Wilfred Owen and Our War Dead
Excerpt: Hiding Our War Dead With the rumblings of a resurrection of a military draft -- not to be sought until W is safely into a 2nd term -- this indictment of the Bushite effort to conduct wars without human consequences...
Posted on November 9, 2003 11:02 AM Comments: 0
Go to complete text of entry.
Does he really get it?
Excerpt: Rummy seems to be waking up and to the extent he really is, that's good. Too bad it has to come after championing policies which have turned the hwole world against us and created more terrorists than Osama bin Laden...
Posted on November 3, 2003 02:15 PM Comments: 0
Go to complete text of entry.
more chilling still
Excerpt: Despite Positives, More Negatives Are Predicted Two things bother me here. First, these words from a member of the governing council: Theattacks "will continue, Mr. Chalabi added, until Americans turn responsibility for security over to the Iraqis. 'The Americans, their...
Posted on November 3, 2003 07:54 AM Comments: 0
Go to complete text of entry.
The new Rummy spin
Excerpt: swisspolitics.org | News Here's the core of the matter: Some Iraqis were jubilant. "The Americans are pigs. We will hold a celebration because this helicopter went down -- a big celebration," said wheat farmer Saadoun Jaralla near the crash site....
Posted on November 2, 2003 04:28 PM Comments: 0
Go to complete text of entry.
Excerpt: New Papers Suggest Detainee Abuse Was Widespread (washingtonpost.com) So 15 more soldiers died and the number of wounded has climbed above 10,000 and the reports keep coming in of abuse of Iraqi prisoners and Bush says he sleeps at night?...
Posted on December 22, 2004 07:53 AM Comments: 0
Go to complete text of entry.
Washing the blood . . . or out, out, dark Rummy
Excerpt: Lott Joins Republican Critics of Rumsfeld (washingtonpost.com) Even the Republicans are dumping on Rumsfeld these days, but there's no sign Bush gets the message. The messagei is simple: The unease is with his (Bush's) war - Rumsfeld is just a...
Posted on December 17, 2004 10:22 AM Comments: 0
Go to complete text of entry.
War as it really is
Excerpt: The New York Review of Books: On War Man, Chris Hedges knows war and he knows journalist and boy does he lay it all on the line here. You can check it out at the NYRB (link above) , but...
Posted on December 3, 2004 10:31 AM Comments: 0
Go to complete text of entry.
Hussein, a hole and a fan
Excerpt: Making Sense of Saddam Hussein's 'Exit Strategy' This writer asks a simple questin I have not heard others asking: Why did Saddam Husseun end up in a hole in the ground witha rug and a fan? I think the question...
Posted on November 24, 2004 04:19 AM Comments: 0
Go to complete text of entry.
Huh?! You mean they didn't consider it an emergency before?
Excerpt: AP > International > In Wake of Attacks, State of Emergency Declared in Iraq" href="http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/international/AP-Iraq.html?hp&ex=1099890000&en=f2d82505fff4fac0&ei=5094&partner=homepage">The New York Times > AP > International > In Wake of Attacks, State of Emergency Declared in Iraq This would be downright comic -...
Posted on November 7, 2004 09:15 AM Comments: 0
Go to complete text of entry.
Candidates predicatble - voters are not
Excerpt: Washington > Campaign 2004 > Candidates Give Tough Response to a Qaeda Tape" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/30/politics/campaign/30campaign.html?hp&ex=1099195200&en=58b5e09d601f869d&ei=5094&partner=homepage">The New York Times > Washington > Campaign 2004 > Candidates Give Tough Response to a Qaeda Tape In my view neither candidate gave an honest...
Posted on October 30, 2004 06:38 AM Comments: 0
Go to complete text of entry.
What bin Laden said
Excerpt: International > Transcript of Al Jazeera Tape" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/29/international/29WIRE-TRANS.html?oref=login">The New York Times > International > Transcript of Al Jazeera Tape After 9/11 we kept asking ourselves, "why do they hate us so?" We have never really come to grips with...
Posted on October 30, 2004 05:53 AM Comments: 0
Go to complete text of entry.
It's indisputable -we did not secure the weapons site
Excerpt: International > Middle East > Missing Explosives: 4 Iraqis Tell of Looting at Munitions Site in '03" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/28/international/middleeast/28bomb.html?oref=login">The New York Times > International > Middle East > Missing Explosives: 4 Iraqis Tell of Looting at Munitions Site in '03...
Posted on October 28, 2004 07:37 AM Comments: 0
Go to complete text of entry.
Unconvinced - listen to this soldier!
Excerpt: Bin Laden should be supporting Bush: 10/ 27/ 2004 This guy is a soldier in Iraq. His home is in Wareham, MA and he regularly sends in these columns to the New Bedford paper. They are good. I say that,...
Posted on October 27, 2004 10:01 AM Comments: 0
Go to complete text of entry.
It's the number of troops, dummy!
Excerpt: Talking Points Memo: by Joshua Micah Marshall: October 24, 2004 - October 30, 2004 Archives Josh Marshall - and a host of others - seem to be caught up in a lot of details about the missing 380 tons of...
Posted on October 27, 2004 05:23 AM Comments: 0
Go to complete text of entry.
Hey - anyone seen the kitchen sink?!
Excerpt: International > Middle East > Tracking the Weapons: Huge Cache of Explosives Vanished From Site in Iraq" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/25/international/middleeast/25bomb.html?hp&ex=1098763200&en=fd35fdf4b6d46d61&ei=5094&partner=homepage">The New York Times > International > Middle East > Tracking the Weapons: Huge Cache of Explosives Vanished From Site in Iraq...
Posted on October 25, 2004 07:54 AM Comments: 0
Go to complete text of entry.
The last crusade
Excerpt: Opinion > Op-Ed Columnist: Jews, Israel and America" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/24/opinion/24friedman.html?hp">The New York Times > Opinion > Op-Ed Columnist: Jews, Israel and America In the Arab mind we are the Jews - that is, the Arabs see no difference between America...
Posted on October 24, 2004 07:02 AM Comments: 0
Go to complete text of entry.
Huh?
Excerpt: AP > International > Dozens of Iraqi Soldiers Found Shot to Death" href="http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/international/AP-Iraq.html?hp&ex=1098676800&en=c718250197fbe536&ei=5094&partner=homepage">The New York Times > AP > International > Dozens of Iraqi Soldiers Found Shot to Death Two things got me about this story. First, people apparently...
Posted on October 24, 2004 06:46 AM Comments: 0
Go to complete text of entry.
And these are the best friends Bush has!
Excerpt: Blair Criticized for Moving Troops in Iraq (washingtonpost.com) LONDON, Oct. 18 -- British lawmakers in the ruling and main opposition parties alike sharply criticized Prime Minister Tony Blair's government on Monday for planning to move hundreds of British troops from...
Posted on October 18, 2004 05:24 PM Comments: 0
Go to complete text of entry.
Uh, anyone seen my bomb?
Excerpt: Iraq bomb-making gear missing - OCT 13, 2004 Both candidates agree the real threat is nuclear proliferation. I certainly agree. Yet why is this incredible Reuters story out of the UN getting such small play? CNN gave it a little...
Posted on October 13, 2004 04:26 AM Comments: 0
Go to complete text of entry.
Making new enemies
Excerpt: I was watching CNN last night. They ran a story about how we tried to rescue the American and English hostages twice before they were beheaded. In both cases we showed up with a raiding party at the houses where...
Posted on October 13, 2004 03:54 AM Comments: 0
Go to complete text of entry.
Soldiers tales from Moore's email
Excerpt: Dear Dad, Iraq Sucks I don't lnow if the headline is strong enough. Read some of the email Michael Moore is getting and shiver. t's hard listening to my platoon sergeant saying, "If you decide you want to kill a...
Posted on October 13, 2004 03:52 AM Comments: 0
Go to complete text of entry.
Reality check - Afghan women
Excerpt: Opinion > Op-Ed Columnist: Beaten Afghan Brides" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/06/opinion/06kris.html">The New York Times > Opinion > Op-Ed Columnist: Beaten Afghan Brides This column by Nichalas D. Kristof shows that Afghan women are far from free today, though you will hear the...
Posted on October 6, 2004 05:36 AM Comments: 0
Go to complete text of entry.
AT home Allawi tells the truth
Excerpt: International > Middle East > Premier's Speech: Iraq Chief Gives a Sobering View About Security" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/06/international/middleeast/06iraq.html?hp">The New York Times > International > Middle East > Premier's Speech: Iraq Chief Gives a Sobering View About Security Essentially what this story...
Posted on October 6, 2004 02:58 AM Comments: 0
Go to complete text of entry.
Speaking out? Not really!
Excerpt: Bremer Criticizes Troop Levels (washingtonpost.com) This Washington Post article makes it sound ;like Bremer has at last come to his senses. When he was running iraq they should have had more troops. Right. But he says they have enough troops...
Posted on October 5, 2004 07:40 AM Comments: 0
Go to complete text of entry.
Timing and body count and. . .
Excerpt: Top News Article | Reuters.com Hey, am I th eonly one who fears there's a soprdid connection between our agressive stance in Iraq yesterday and the president's losing of the foreign policy debate? Oh - and what about body counts....
Posted on October 2, 2004 03:34 AM Comments: 0
Go to complete text of entry.
We kill more than the terrorist, but. . .
Excerpt: More Iraqi Civilians Killed by US Forces Than By Insurgents, Data Shows This story from Knight Ridder is the sort of thing that somehow continues to get ignored. We don't behead innocent people - thank God for small favors -...
Posted on September 26, 2004 05:17 AM Comments: 0
Go to complete text of entry.
The lap dog didn't have a clue either
Excerpt: Herald Sun: Blair 'warned' of post-war chaos [19sep04] This gets more and more ridiculous. THE British Government has been accused of "clearly misleading" the public over plans for post-war Iraq after a newspaper reported Tony Blair was warned a year...
Posted on September 20, 2004 01:02 PM Comments: 0
Go to complete text of entry.
Reality hits the Republican party?
Excerpt: Top News Article | Reuters.com Well, they're now getting it half right - Iraq is a mess. Of course, they think we can make it better by getting tougher - and so do many democrats - and all that is...
Posted on September 20, 2004 07:25 AM Comments: 0
Go to complete text of entry.
The sick leading the blind
Excerpt: International News Article | Reuters.com Why anyone thinks they have anything to gain by killing innocent hostages is beyond me - but then, I don't pretend to really understand the thinking of religious fundamentalist. In any event, their actions are...
Posted on August 31, 2004 11:32 AM Comments: 0
Go to complete text of entry.
Bizzaro Bush
Excerpt: Washington > Campaign 2004 > The President: Bush Cites Doubt America Can Win War on Terror" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2004/08/31/politics/campaign/31bush.html?hp">The New York Times > Washington > Campaign 2004 > The President: Bush Cites Doubt America Can Win War on Terror Let's get...
Posted on August 31, 2004 04:07 AM Comments: 0
Go to complete text of entry.
Ah - just what we need - more poor people
Excerpt: Guardian Unlimited | The Guardian | World faces population explosion in poor nations They don't relate this to the war on terror directly - but for me it's one of th ebig reason why we need to change directions fast...
Posted on August 18, 2004 02:50 AM Comments: 0
Go to complete text of entry.
Stupid? Or simply not serious?
Excerpt: Opinion > Sidestepping Reform at the C.I.A." href="http://www.nytimes.com/2004/08/11/opinion/11wed1.html?hp">The New York Times > Opinion > Sidestepping Reform at the C.I.A. The Bush nomination of Porter Goss is so grossly stupid it makes me wonder whether the White House really takes...
Posted on August 11, 2004 04:04 AM Comments: 0
Go to complete text of entry.
Uncommon sense - what to do next
Excerpt: Opinion > Op-Ed Contributor: Honorable Commission, Toothless Report" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2004/07/25/opinion/25clar.html?hp">The New York Times > Opinion > Op-Ed Contributor: Honorable Commission, Toothless Report Richard Clarke has ane xcellent op-ed piece in today's NYT in which he devotes quite abit of time...
Posted on July 25, 2004 05:08 AM Comments: 0
Go to complete text of entry.
For those who feel safer with Bush directing war . . .
Excerpt: Opinion > Op-Ed Columnist: Spinning Our Safety" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2004/07/25/opinion/25dowd.html?hp">The New York Times > Opinion > Op-Ed Columnist: Spinning Our Safety Here are the first five graphs, but I urge reading of the whole thing: Maybe it's because I've been instructed...
Posted on July 25, 2004 04:59 AM Comments: 0
Go to complete text of entry.
Setting the 9/11 record straight
Excerpt: National > Correcting the Record on Sept. 11, in Great Detail" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2004/07/25/national/25PANE.html?hp">The New York Times > National > Correcting the Record on Sept. 11, in Great Detail It's easy to get lost in all the details of the 9/11...
Posted on July 25, 2004 04:48 AM Comments: 0
Go to complete text of entry.
Administration's policy makes it hard for our diplomats to do their job
Excerpt: Here's a real good perspective on the problems presented our foreign diplomats by Bush policies. It was sent to me with this note: I participated in the study group on US foreign policy that you facilitated for THE SECOND HALF...
Posted on July 23, 2004 07:22 AM Comments: 0
Go to complete text of entry.
Freedom to murder????
Excerpt: Allawi Shot Inmates in Cold Blood, Say Witnesses This story is obviously disturnbing for the simple reason that it says we traded Hussein for someone who can be just as brutal. I find the story believable: 1. Because a very...
Posted on July 19, 2004 04:54 PM Comments: 0
Go to complete text of entry.
"Oooops!" just doesn't seem adequate
Excerpt: BBC NEWS | UK | Politics | 'Serious flaws' in Iraq intelligence From the BBC: Key intelligence used to justify war with Iraq has now been shown to be unreliable, the Butler Report says. The 196 page report says MI6...
Posted on July 14, 2004 11:18 AM Comments: 0
Go to complete text of entry.
A simple question and no answer
Excerpt: Opinion > Op-Ed Columnist: The Real Enemy Staring Us in the Face" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2004/07/12/opinion/12HERB.html?hp">The New York Times > Opinion > Op-Ed Columnist: The Real Enemy Staring Us in the Face This column seemed pretty routine to me until I got...
Posted on July 12, 2004 05:28 AM Comments: 0
Go to complete text of entry.
What do they know?
Excerpt: The New York Times > Washington > Bin Laden Is Said to Be Organizing for a U.S. Attack I'm assuming that if you pay $30 billion or so each year for an intelligence operation, then the information you get is...
Posted on July 9, 2004 05:02 AM Comments: 0
Go to complete text of entry.
Remembering patriots and kings
Excerpt: Opinion > Op-Ed Columnist: Their George and Ours" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2004/07/04/opinion/04EHRE.html?hp">The New York Times > Opinion > Op-Ed Columnist: Their George and Ours This is a fascinating look at the Declaration of Independence. In a similar vein, we would do well...
Posted on July 4, 2004 06:16 AM Comments: 0
Go to complete text of entry.
In dubious battle
Excerpt: Saddam Could Call CIA in His Defense One of Dubya's favorite things to say is that Saddam Hussein "gassed his own people." Hussein ha always denied that he did this and our own intelligence reports fromt hat ear point the...
Posted on July 3, 2004 07:53 PM Comments: 0
Go to complete text of entry.
Nationalist vs nationalist
Excerpt: Opinion > Op-Ed Columnist: Al Jazeera: Out-Foxing Fox" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2004/07/03/opinion/03KRIS.html?adxnnl=1&adxnnlx=1088842116-9V0tJ3ODYVbXF6Wzmrjlgw">The New York Times > Opinion > Op-Ed Columnist: Al Jazeera: Out-Foxing Fox Here's an interesting concept presented by Kristof in a balanced column that looked at what went wrong in...
Posted on July 3, 2004 04:20 AM Comments: 0
Go to complete text of entry.
Counting the wasted dollars
Excerpt: Iraq War Analysis Paints Grim Picture Consider this when it comes to winning hearts and minds: "If spent on international programs, the same sum [we are spending killing people in Iraq] could have cut world hunger in half and covered...
Posted on June 25, 2004 11:19 AM Comments: 0
Go to complete text of entry.
The country wakes up!
Excerpt: Yahoo! News - Majority of Americans Now Call Iraq War a Mistake It was wrong to go to war in Iraq. Going to war in Iraq has made us less safe. Those are the opinions now of MOST Americans. Read...
Posted on June 25, 2004 05:18 AM Comments: 0
Go to complete text of entry.
What Plan B?
Excerpt: Israel Looks to Kurds Seymour Hersh has written a lengthy analysis of the kinds of factors that will be at work in the aftermath of the 30 June "transfer of sovereignty." Israel is deeply invested in Northern Iraq's Kurds, much...
Posted on June 22, 2004 03:55 PM Comments: 0
Go to complete text of entry.
Right wing terrorist don't count
Excerpt: Opinion > Op-Ed Columnist: Noonday in the Shade" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/22/opinion/22KRUG.html">The New York Times > Opinion > Op-Ed Columnist: Noonday in the Shade Question: How did a total crazy get to be attorney general? Question: What the hell are the news...
Posted on June 22, 2004 04:48 AM Comments: 0
Go to complete text of entry.
Ooops, the S. S. Bush hits another iceberg
Excerpt: Washington > U.S. Said to Overstate Value of Guantánamo Detainees" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/21/politics/21GITM.html?hp">The New York Times > Washington > U.S. Said to Overstate Value of Guantánamo Detainees So can we believe any thing at all that George Bush & Company tells...
Posted on June 21, 2004 05:28 AM Comments: 0
Go to complete text of entry.
Getting past 9/11 - a view from downunder
Excerpt: The strange, sad death of the American way - After Saddam - www.smh.com.au Dom forwarded this wonderful summary which gives a feel for the changing opinion in Australia, as well as a sense of how we are being perceived from...
Posted on June 18, 2004 08:14 AM Comments: 0
Go to complete text of entry.
Oh, now it''s clear!
Excerpt: BBC NEWS | World | Americas | Bush adamant over 9/11-Iraq links "The reason I keep insisting that there was a relationship between Iraq and Saddam and al-Qaeda is because there was a relationship between Iraq and al-Qaeda," he said....
Posted on June 17, 2004 01:42 PM Comments: 0
Go to complete text of entry.
Tenet's resignation a slam dunk
Excerpt: Opinion > George Tenet Resigns" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/04/opinion/04FRI1.html">The New York Times > Opinion > George Tenet Resigns The litany of CIA failures over the past decade is incredible and Tenet's resignation, while certainly due, isn't going to solve much. Read these...
Posted on June 4, 2004 03:59 AM Comments: 0
Go to complete text of entry.
Spy vs Spy
Excerpt: Washington > Polygraph Testing Starts at Pentagon in Chalabi Inquiry" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/03/politics/03CHAL.html?hp">The New York Times > Washington > Polygraph Testing Starts at Pentagon in Chalabi Inquiry What's the truth in the Chalabi affair? I haven't a clue and I don't...
Posted on June 3, 2004 05:10 AM Comments: 0
Go to complete text of entry.
Same old, same old . . .
Excerpt: United Press International: Analysis: New Iraq government clone of old Bush loves the new Iraq government. Of course he does. It's a clone of the xisting oen that has failed. Bush says this one was put together by the UN....
Posted on June 2, 2004 01:01 PM Comments: 0
Go to complete text of entry.
Sounding super sensible
Excerpt: Opinion > Op-Ed Columnist: Tilting the Playing Field" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2004/05/30/opinion/30FRIE.html?hp">The New York Times > Opinion > Op-Ed Columnist: Tilting the Playing Field Feldman is making awfully good sense here - without ranting in either direction. Here's his conclusion - but...
Posted on May 30, 2004 03:09 AM Comments: 0
Go to complete text of entry.
Wake-up call . . .
Excerpt: Washington > Abuse of Captives More Widespread, Says Army Survey" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2004/05/26/politics/26ABUS.html?hp">The New York Times > Washington > Abuse of Captives More Widespread, Says Army Survey The essense of this story is in the first paragraph: An Army summary of...
Posted on May 26, 2004 03:39 AM Comments: 0
Go to complete text of entry.
Andy Rooney isn't laughing
Excerpt: Our Darkest Days Are Here This commentary from Andy Rooney doesn't pull any punches. I'm not sure I agree with all of it - but as I recall, I'm pretty sure he's a WWII veteran. I've heard others say that...
Posted on May 25, 2004 12:42 PM Comments: 0
Go to complete text of entry.
Eh... read the text
Excerpt: I know it may be painful for some, but I suggest you read the text of what Bush has to say - not because it is so good, but because the three news stories I have read so far all...
Posted on May 25, 2004 07:18 AM Comments: 0
Go to complete text of entry.
So we were the pivot point in the axis of evil?
Excerpt: New York City - World News Here's how this story begins: WASHINGTON -- The Defense Intelligence Agency has concluded that a U.S.-funded arm of Ahmed Chalabi's Iraqi National Congress has been used for years by Iranian intelligence to pass disinformation...
Posted on May 22, 2004 01:00 PM Comments: 0
Go to complete text of entry.
Sounds like My Lai . . . but is it?
Excerpt: 'US Soldiers Started to Shoot Us, One by One' What happenned in Mukaradeeb? One thing both sides agree on - about 40 Iraqis are dead. There appears to have been no American casualties. What we don't know - was thiis...
Posted on May 22, 2004 04:33 AM Comments: 0
Go to complete text of entry.
Michael Berg's View
Excerpt: George Bush never looked into Nick's eyes A powerful piece by the father of Nick Berg. There are three statements that captured my attention and then my feeling. Even more than the murderers who took my son's life, I condemn...
Posted on May 21, 2004 06:03 PM Comments: 3
Go to complete text of entry.
Oh crap, I surrender!
Excerpt: New Details of Prison Abuse Emerge (washingtonpost.com) I have said that killing innocent people is worse than abusing prisoners. I still believe that - but these latest pictures in the Washington Post had me banging the walls with my fist...
Posted on May 21, 2004 11:35 AM Comments: 0
Go to complete text of entry.
Real war, real truth, real horror. real dishonor
Excerpt: Opinion > Op-Ed Columnist: 'Gooks' to 'Hajis'" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2004/05/21/opinion/21HERB.html?hp">The New York Times > Opinion > Op-Ed Columnist: 'Gooks' to 'Hajis' WHile the prison abuses remain spectacular they are also distracting us from taking a look at the real abuse going...
Posted on May 21, 2004 06:42 AM Comments: 0
Go to complete text of entry.
Once more, I am out of sync . . .
Excerpt: Top News Article | Reuters.com Ok, the headline says he got a one-year jail term "for Prsioner Abuse." Why do I think that should read: "for Bush re-election." or "for saving American face?" I mean, this is the fall guy's...
Posted on May 19, 2004 11:24 AM Comments: 0
Go to complete text of entry.
It's war . . . it' a plan . . . it's. . .a mess
Excerpt: Top News Article | Reuters.com What the hell do you make of this mess? This article talks about the abuse - sickeningly believable - of three employees of Reuters taken in custody for three days by US forces. Read it....
Posted on May 18, 2004 02:51 PM Comments: 0
Go to complete text of entry.
On Wooden Horses and Wooden Heads
Excerpt: Opinion > Op-Ed Columnist: The Springs of Fate" href="http://www.NYTimes.com/2004/05/16/opinion/16DOWD.html?hp">The New York Times > Opinion > The Springs of Fate Maureen Dowd has done it again. This time linking the Bush adventures and those of the Trojans. The release of...
Posted on May 16, 2004 10:05 AM Comments: 1
Go to complete text of entry.
Post has it right, but . . .
Excerpt: The Policy of Abuse (washingtonpost.com) This is a thoughtful, lengthy editorial and as near as I can tell gets it all right - except suddenly at the conclusion they simply call for the administration to change its ways. Bad boys....
Posted on May 16, 2004 07:00 AM Comments: 0
Go to complete text of entry.
The right direction
Excerpt: Opinion > The Wrong Direction" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2004/05/14/opinion/14FRI1.html?hp">The New York Times > Opinion > The Wrong Direction The NYT has a wonderful editorial on the prison mess and how it should be handled right now. Here's what they said: Watching President...
Posted on May 14, 2004 08:35 AM Comments: 0
Go to complete text of entry.
A good idea, but. . .
Excerpt: Opinion > Op-Ed Columnist: Cursed by Oil" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2004/05/09/opinion/09FRIE.html?8hpib">The New York Times > Opinion > Op-Ed Columnist: Cursed by Oil Friedman is trying to find some sense of things and to an extent he does. here's what he has to...
Posted on May 10, 2004 04:21 AM Comments: 0
Go to complete text of entry.
Rummy, the ar and plain silliness
Excerpt: Opinion > Mr. Rumsfeld's Defense" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2004/05/08/opinion/08SAT1.html">The New York Times > Opinion > Mr. Rumsfeld's Defense I watched one of the Republican leaders last night try to defend Rumsfeld and the Army. Essentially his message was the Army got the...
Posted on May 8, 2004 06:32 AM Comments: 0
Go to complete text of entry.
Let's party!
Excerpt: Click for larger image. And once more, Rush shows he can outdo them all!...
Posted on May 7, 2004 07:49 AM Comments: 0
Go to complete text of entry.
Et Tu, Thomas?
Excerpt: Opinion > Op-Ed Columnist: Restoring Our Honor" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2004/05/06/opinion/06FRIE.html">The New York Times > Opinion > Op-Ed Columnist: Restoring Our Honor And so Thomas Freidman is at last coming to his senses. This column in the NYT begins: e are in...
Posted on May 6, 2004 10:04 AM Comments: 0
Go to complete text of entry.
Good News & Better News
Excerpt: Washington > Rumsfeld Chastised by President for His Handling of Iraq Scandal" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2004/05/06/politics/06CABI.html?ex=1084810735&ei=1&en=be7228ec6bd3b770">The New York Times > Washington > Rumsfeld Chastised A day after the story broke of Powell's alienation from the Bush administration comes the news that W...
Posted on May 6, 2004 09:42 AM Comments: 0
Go to complete text of entry.
Is this for real? Is this woman crazy?
Excerpt: Her Beautiful Mind "Why should we hear about body bags and deaths," Barbara Bush said on ABC's "Good Morning America" on March 18, 2003. "Oh, I mean, it's not relevant. So why should I waste my beautiful mind on something...
Posted on May 4, 2004 07:30 PM Comments: 0
Go to complete text of entry.
What he meant by model Democracy
Excerpt: Opinion > Op-Ed Columnist: Battlefield of Dreams" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2004/05/04/opinion/04KRUG.html">The New York Times > Opinion > Op-Ed Columnist: Battlefield of Dreams Call me slow, but it never dawned on me until I read this column that what the Neocons were up...
Posted on May 4, 2004 02:59 AM Comments: 0
Go to complete text of entry.
Photo Wars
Excerpt: TomDispatch While Iraq did not heretofore warrant being linked with the "War on Terror" launched by our president, the revelations of the atrocities perpetrated by Americans on Iraqi prisoners in Abu Ghraib establishes a new dimension to the war being...
Posted on May 3, 2004 02:05 PM Comments: 0
Go to complete text of entry.
Who knew what and when?
Excerpt: International > Middle East > Report on Abuse Faults 2 Officers in Intelligence" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2004/05/03/international/middleeast/03ABUS.html?pagewanted=1&hp">The New York Times > International > Middle East > Report on Abuse Faults 2 Officers in Intelligence This all gives new meaning to what Rumsfeld...
Posted on May 3, 2004 03:58 AM Comments: 1
Go to complete text of entry.
It gets worse
Excerpt: The New Yorker: Fact (I'm posting this because the news on this has been spotty at best - though this morning the New Yorker's story, is front page in the NYT. But note, in the Washington Post what they are...
Posted on May 2, 2004 07:11 AM Comments: 1
Go to complete text of entry.
Slow-breaking news - Shocked - no and yes
Excerpt: BBC NEWS | World | Middle East | Bush 'disgusted' by Iraq abuses Or to get the graphic truth, go here. Two of the most shocking stories out of Iraq have taken at least two days to even begin to...
Posted on April 30, 2004 08:59 PM Comments: 2
Go to complete text of entry.
Read it, weep - and think about your taxes
Excerpt: Opinion > Op-Ed Columnist: What Went Wrong?" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2004/04/23/opinion/23KRUG.html">The New York Times > Opinion > Op-Ed Columnist: What Went Wrong? What a farce! Long ago - before the election - I saw Harding as a model for Bush because I...
Posted on April 23, 2004 03:59 AM Comments: 0
Go to complete text of entry.
Ignoramorama
Excerpt: The Poll Miner University of Maryland's Program on International Policy Attitudes (PIPA) has just released a new study about Americans' views of the war in Iraq, al Qaeda, and George W. Bush. Not much change in our ignorance of what...
Posted on April 22, 2004 06:34 PM Comments: 0
Go to complete text of entry.
If you want people to be conservative . . .
Excerpt: Opinion > Op-Ed Columnist: From Gaza to Baghdad" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2004/04/15/opinion/15FRIE.html">The New York Times > Opinion > Op-Ed Columnist: From Gaza to Baghdad . . . give them something to conserve. That's a very old political/social dictum that I've always felt...
Posted on April 15, 2004 04:52 AM Comments: 0
Go to complete text of entry.
How many errors are enough?
Excerpt: Opinion > Op-Ed Columnist: Snares and Delusions" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2004/04/13/opinion/13KRUG.html">The New York Times > Opinion > Op-Ed Columnist: Snares and Delusions Once again, Krugman asks all the right questions. It would be refreshing if Bush announced some real news in his...
Posted on April 13, 2004 05:23 AM Comments: 0
Go to complete text of entry.
Stewed rice
Excerpt: Claim vs. Fact: Condoleezza Rice's Opening Statement - Center for American Progress Wonder how many of the mainstream press will pick up on this sort of thing? Great summary. Also wonder if there shouldn't be some sort of biolpogical study...
Posted on April 8, 2004 03:57 PM Comments: 0
Go to complete text of entry.
We're at war - let's party!
Excerpt: Opinion > Op-Ed Columnist: Are There Any Iraqis in Iraq?" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2004/04/08/opinion/08FRIE.html?hp">The New York Times > Opinion > Op-Ed Columnist: Are There Any Iraqis in Iraq? NYT op ed columnist Thomas Friedman has long been a sort of hawk on...
Posted on April 8, 2004 07:00 AM Comments: 0
Go to complete text of entry.
Plain speaking
Excerpt: Opinion > Op-Ed Columnist: The Iraqi Inversion" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2004/04/08/opinion/08DOWD.html?hp">The New York Times > Opinion > Op-Ed Columnist: The Iraqi Inversion Oh hell, don't bother going to the NYT - here it is - just a wonderful sumary of the whole...
Posted on April 8, 2004 05:31 AM Comments: 0
Go to complete text of entry.
A state of denial and self-delusion
Excerpt: Muslim Rivals Unite In Baghdad Uprising (washingtonpost.com) When the obvious actually happens it's amazing how surprised the media and the administration seem to be. People don't like to be attacked. People don't like to be killed. And people don't like...
Posted on April 7, 2004 07:34 AM Comments: 1
Go to complete text of entry.
Great summary of a sad mess distorted by PR
Excerpt: Op-Ed Columnist: Mired in a Mirage Dowd does a wonderful job of connecting the dots here - and the dots are largely globs of blood - blood in Iraq and Afghanistan and Bush trying to wash it from his hands....
Posted on April 4, 2004 06:01 AM Comments: 0
Go to complete text of entry.
So, Who Blinked?
Excerpt: Is Fix in at 9/11 Commission? Did the 9/11 Commission and public opinion force a reluctant White House to permit Condi Rice to make her second appearance before the Commission public and under oath, thereby winning a significant tactical victory?...
Posted on March 31, 2004 08:31 AM Comments: 0
Go to complete text of entry.
Excerpt: This link takes you to The Gadflyer and a couple brief posts about the discombobulation Richard Clarke seems to be causing in the White House. Who's In Charge? The first notes the discordance between Stephen Hadley's comments to Leslie Stahl...
Posted on March 23, 2004 12:45 PM Comments: 0
Go to complete text of entry.
He knew, he didn't act, then he acted wrong
Excerpt: Aces Full of Links: Safer With Who Out Of Power? Ah - James and many others, I'm sure, saw 60 Minutes last night. I didn't. If you didn't I urge you to read what James has to say. If you...
Posted on March 22, 2004 03:08 AM Comments: 0
Go to complete text of entry.
What They Really Said
Excerpt: Iraq on the Record This site was prepared for Representative Henry Waxman, ranking democrat on the Committee for Governmental Reform. It includes statements made during the runup to war in Iraq by Bush, Cheney, Powell, Rice, and Rumsfeld clustered in...
Posted on March 20, 2004 10:25 AM Comments: 0
Go to complete text of entry.
Clear and to the point
Excerpt: Spain's new prime minister has it right: "Fighting terrorism with bombs, with operations of 'shock and awe', with missiles, that does not combat terrorism it only generates more radicalism," the 43-year-old Socialist leader said. "The way to fight terrorism is...
Posted on March 17, 2004 12:21 PM Comments: 0
Go to complete text of entry.
Excerpt: Talking Points Memo: by Joshua Micah Marshall March 15, 2004 01:50 PM (Printable Format)" Talking Points Memo...
Posted on March 16, 2004 02:25 PM Comments: 0
Go to complete text of entry.
A true conservative amidst the neos
Excerpt: MilitaryWeek.com: Karen Kwiatkowski: In Rumsfeld's Shop This offers an excellent insight into how, in a democracy, a small group of people with a particular political goal, can simply take over the complex machinery of defense and foreign policy. Mike sent...
Posted on March 11, 2004 06:24 PM Comments: 0
Go to complete text of entry.
The Post-War Debacle in Iraq
Excerpt: Blind Into Baghdad This is a lengthy analysis by James Fallows in the current "Atlantic On Line" about what happened in the planning for a post-war Iraq. (~29 pp. in Palatino 12 pt.) In a nutshell, the work was done,...
Posted on January 14, 2004 05:56 PM Comments: 1
Go to complete text of entry.
Spare me the hypocrisy
Excerpt: World Knows our Foreign Policy Better Than We Do This is just a beautiful, brief, factual treatment of why the world mistrusts us so and why they don't buy into all the surary lies about "democracy" that Bush so sanctimoniously...
Posted on December 19, 2003 07:35 AM Comments: 0
Go to complete text of entry.
A possible sleeper?
Excerpt: 9/11 Chair: Attack Was Preventable Interesting. Right now it looks like only CBS has this story. So it might be a sleeper that the rest of the media will slowly awaken too. If it is half as significant as it...
Posted on December 18, 2003 05:01 PM Comments: 0
Go to complete text of entry.
wrong war at the wrong time
Excerpt: Chellanging 'Pre-emption' Well, there are still a couple of people left with some common sense - I'm talking about Byrd (see link above) and Dean. The rest of the crew - including some Democratic candidates so desperate they're willing to...
Posted on December 16, 2003 07:27 AM Comments: 0
Go to complete text of entry.
Sucker punched!
Excerpt: Defining the Resistance in Iraq - It's not Foreign and It's Well Prepared Scott Ritter turned on lights for me here. (See above story in the Christian Science Monitor.) Suddenly I had an image of a screen pass in football....
Posted on November 11, 2003 07:02 AM Comments: 0
Go to complete text of entry.
The importance of pride
Excerpt: Op-Ed Columnist: The Humiliation Factor Friedman is making sense here - there's only one thing wrong. The man int he White House has too much pride to listen to anyone, even a columnist who has given him quite abit of...
Posted on November 9, 2003 12:15 PM Comments: 0
Go to complete text of entry.
Wilfred Owen and Our War Dead
Excerpt: Hiding Our War Dead With the rumblings of a resurrection of a military draft -- not to be sought until W is safely into a 2nd term -- this indictment of the Bushite effort to conduct wars without human consequences...
Posted on November 9, 2003 11:02 AM Comments: 0
Go to complete text of entry.
Does he really get it?
Excerpt: Rummy seems to be waking up and to the extent he really is, that's good. Too bad it has to come after championing policies which have turned the hwole world against us and created more terrorists than Osama bin Laden...
Posted on November 3, 2003 02:15 PM Comments: 0
Go to complete text of entry.
more chilling still
Excerpt: Despite Positives, More Negatives Are Predicted Two things bother me here. First, these words from a member of the governing council: Theattacks "will continue, Mr. Chalabi added, until Americans turn responsibility for security over to the Iraqis. 'The Americans, their...
Posted on November 3, 2003 07:54 AM Comments: 0
Go to complete text of entry.
The new Rummy spin
Excerpt: swisspolitics.org | News Here's the core of the matter: Some Iraqis were jubilant. "The Americans are pigs. We will hold a celebration because this helicopter went down -- a big celebration," said wheat farmer Saadoun Jaralla near the crash site....
Posted on November 2, 2003 04:28 PM Comments: 0
Go to complete text of entry.
