Friday

Trying to Glimpse the Future of Iraq

Trying to Glimpse the Future of Iraq: "one of the dirty little secrets about Iraq is that Iraq has increasingly been ethnically cleansed. It's sad to say, but the American Army has presided over the largest ethnic cleansing in the world since the Balkans"

POLITICS: U.S. Viewed as Turkey's "Greatest Threat"

POLITICS: U.S. Viewed as Turkey's "Greatest Threat": "Nearly two-thirds of the Turkish public named the United States as their country's greatest future threat, a recent Pew Global Attitudes Project survey has revealed -- the highest percentage of any Middle Eastern or Islamic country polled."

Thursday

The Myth of AQI - Andrew Tilghman

The Myth of AQI - Andrew Tilghman

Madeleine K. Albright - How To Change Iraq - washingtonpost.com

Madeleine K. Albright - How To Change Iraq - washingtonpost.com: "President Bush could do his part by admitting what the world knows -- that many prewar criticisms of the invasion were on target. Such an admission would be just the shock a serious diplomatic project would need. It would make it easier for European and Arab leaders to help, as their constituents are reluctant to bail out a president who still insists that he was right and they were wrong. Our troops face death every day; the least the president can do is face the truth."

Experts Doubt Drop In Violence in Iraq - washingtonpost.com

Experts Doubt Drop In Violence in Iraq - washingtonpost.com Have you any idea why they're lying to you?

WorkingForChange: This Modern World: Hypocritical Sanctimonious Moralizers as Metaphor

WorkingForChange: This Modern World: Hypocritical Sanctimonious Moralizers as Metaphor

Wednesday

Nuclear bombs mistakenly flown over US - Yahoo! News

Nuclear bombs mistakenly flown over US - Yahoo! News: "The plane was carrying advanced cruise missiles from Minot Air Force Base, N.D., to Barksdale Air Force Base, La." where they are now in position to be launched against Iran.

POLITICS-US: Bush Appointee Campaigns for Evangelicals

POLITICS-US: Bush Appointee Campaigns for Evangelicals: "Evangelicals have been working through the military and government agencies since the Cold War as part of the fight against 'Godless Communism', but they tried to follow certain boundaries' said Chip Berlet, a senior analyst of Political Research Associates in Boston. 'With the Bush administration we've seen many egregious examples of officials stepping way out of line of any kind of boundary, of which this promotional video is a particularly notable example"

The decider didn't decide | Capitol Hill Blue

The decider didn't decide | Capitol Hill Blue

Tuesday

In Chertoff's record, shades of politics - Los Angeles Times

In Chertoff's record, shades of politics - Los Angeles Times: If the nominee "is political in nature and susceptible to the importuning of the White House," said Senate Judiciary Committee member Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), "you can be sure that individual would not be confirmed."
Envoy’s Letters Counter Bush on Dismantling of Iraq Army - New York Times "President Bush was told in advance by his top envoy in May 2003 of a plan to “dissolve Saddam’s military and intelligence structures,” a plan that the envoy, Mr. Bremer, said referred to dismantling the Iraqi Army.
Mr. Bremer provided the letters to The New York Times on Monday after reading that Mr. Bush was quoted in a new book as saying that American policy had been “to keep the army intact” but that it “didn’t happen.”