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“Conceived In Delusion, Sold In Deception”: The Iraq War, The Most...
On March 19, two weeks from now, it will be ten years since the United States military commenced the invasion of Iraq. Even though some details are fading from memory, one bit that sticks in my...
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“The Iraq War, Ten Years Later”: The Next Time Our Government Wants To Rush...
Ten years ago, as President George W. Bush took the final, fateful steps to launch the United States’ invasion of Iraq, Christopher Cerf and I were pulling all-nighters, feverishly putting the final...
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“Lasting Consequences”: The Folly Of Iraq Invasion Needs More Public Scrutiny
Ten years ago, on March 20, 2003, the administration of George W. Bush launched its disastrous invasion of Iraq. It’s a war most Americans — including many Republicans who enthusiastically supported it...
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“Why I Am No Longer A Republican”: It Has A Lot To Do With The Iraq War
This week has been filled with Iraq War recriminations and re-evaluations. While official Washington was strangely silent about the 10th anniversary of the start of the conflict, journalists and...
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“Cheney And Deep Doo Doo”: It Was Dick Cheney That Let North Korea Get...
Guess who’s offering congressional Republicans guidance on foreign policy? Former Vice President Dick Cheney discussed tensions on the Korean peninsula with Republican leaders in Congress in a...
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“Just Do As I Did”: Did Donald Rumsfeld Counsel President Obama To Lie So As...
Every now and then, one sees something happen right before one’s eyes that defies the laws of time, space, reality and reason. Such a moment occurred yesterday during a truly remarkable appearance by...
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“Reality Check”: Assad’s Use Of Chemical Weapons Is Truly Depraved
“We categorically reject even the idea of using chemical weapons … against our own people,” Syrian deputy foreign minister Faisal Mekdad said this week. ”This is crazy, morally this is absolutely...
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“It’s Always Morning In America”: Republicans, Before Talking About Reagan...
Reagan worship in Republican politics reaches unhealthy levels from time to time — “Ronaldus Magnus,” for example — though it’s generally the result of Reagan fans not remembering the 40th president...
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“Crossing The Line”: Doing Nothing Lowers The Threshold For Use Of Chemical...
Early in 1987, Saddam Hussein, the Iraqi President, decided to clear out scores of Kurdish villages, in order to undermine separatist rebels. He asked Ali Hassan al-Majid, a general and a first cousin,...
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“Notorious Republican Prevaricators”: The Wrong Message, The Wrong Messengers
Over the last five or six years, Republicans have gone after President Obama with quite a bit of ferocity, launching attacks that most Americans have no doubt heard many times. Indeed, we can recite...
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“Playing The Wrong Blame Game”: Blame Vladimir Putin For The Ukraine Crisis,...
All I have heard with regard to Ukraine & Russia is the blame game. Rachel Maddow of MSNBC said it was Bush’s fault. The right wingers in America say it’s President Barack Obama’s fault. And I,...
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“The Damage The Neocons Did Lives On”: Armchair Hawks Still Cling To...
Once upon a time, I believed that if a mature adult made an obvious mistake, he would own up to it, apologize and take responsibility. I believed that if he were a leading political figure who had...
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“The Cheneys’ Continuing Iraq Disaster”: Dick And Liz Are Trying Desperately...
On the heels of Father’s Day, we get a Wall Street Journal missive from none other than Dick and Liz Cheney, the father-daughter duo. Really? For those who thought they had seen the last of Liz and her...
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“Don’t Be Bashful!”: Anyone Here Miss Dick Cheney? Neither Do I
As Iraq ruptures into fragments, none other than Dick Cheney has shambled forth to blame Barack Obama. “Rarely has a U.S. president been so wrong so much at the expense of so many,” the former vice...
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“Iraq Is Beyond Cheney’s Comprehension”: Democracy Is Not Something That Can...
Much has been said of former Vice President Dick Cheney’s Wall Street Journal op-ed where he criticized President Barack Obama’s handling of Iraq. Cheney’s contribution to the discourse in Iraq is as...
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“Paying For Bush’s 2003 Invasion Of Iraq”: Decision To Launch An Unwarranted...
As President Obama struggles to deal with the crisis in Iraq, it’s useful to remember who gave the world this cauldron of woe in the first place: George W. Bush and Dick Cheney. Their decision to...
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“How Absurdly Wrong Neo-Cons Were”: To Defeat ISIS, Ignore Partisan Alarmists...
It is entirely appropriate that the appalling crimes of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, which openly declares genocidal intentions, have inspired demands for forceful action to destroy the...
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“The Senate’s 47 Percent”: Many Republicans Seem To Believe Anything Is...
In September 2002, three Democratic congressmen visited Iraq in an effort to prevent a war they thought was a terrible idea. Rep. Mike Thompson (D-CA) said very little there, explaining afterward that...
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“A Reminder About Netanyahu, Iraq, And Iran”: George W. Bush Listened To...
Just a few weeks ago, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu looked like a figure with huge influence in American politics. There he was addressing Congress, with Republicans practically carrying...
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“Acknowledging Our History In Negotiations With Iran”: Avoiding Repeats Of...
This was a pretty stunning statement coming from the President of the United States. Clearly, he added, “part of the psychology of Iran is rooted in past experiences, the sense that their country was...
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