September 15th, 2006
ThinkProgress has the actual letter. “The world is beginning to doubt the moral basis of our fight against terrorism. To redefine Common Article 3 would add to those doubts. Furthermore, it would put our own troops at risk.”
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September 12th, 2006
White House Press Secretary Tony Snow insisted Saddam that had a “relationship” because Zarqawi was in the country. Snow refused to “go into the vagaries of the Senate report.”
This is the equivalent of saying that the United States government had a “relationship” with unibomber Ted Kaczynski because he was “operating” in the US.
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August 1st, 2006
It’s about time one of these guys came to their senses and actually looked at the overall picture of the situation in Iraq. Senator Chuck Hagel, who by the way is a Vietnam combat veteran, could not hold on to the popular neoconservative illusion any longer and had to speak the truth. As someone who [...]
June 21st, 2006
Apparently state offices in Kentucky have independent blog BluegrassReport blocked on all computers, thanks to their Commonwealth Office of Technology. Ironically, but not surprising, they still allow employees to surf slanted web sites like FOX News and Drudge Report. Why isn’t such censorship folly surprising? Remember that Republican Gov. Ernie Fletcher of Kentucky and his [...]
June 19th, 2006
All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent. — Thomas Jefferson