Monthly Archives: November 2003
Uncivil Strife in Iraq
This from Time: <a title=”TIME.com: Vengeance Has its Day — Dec. 01, 2003″ href=”http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1101031201-548790,00.html?cnn=yes”>TIME.com: Vengeance Has its Day — Dec. 01, 2003</a> Until recently, U.S. authorities pointed to the absence of widespread civil conflict in Iraq—in particular, the general reluctance of Iraqi Shi’ites to retaliate against security officials who tormented them under Saddam’s mostly Sunni … Continue reading
Iran-Contra (The Second Scandal)
Today is the anniversary of the Iran-Contra affair breaking out in the news. I call it the second scandal because the first should have been the negotiations that the Reagan team conducted behind the Carter administration’s back to swing the election. <img alt=”1125_big.gif” src=”http://www.jeffzed.org/weblog/archives/zed/pics/1125_big.gif” width=”468″ height=”751″ border=”0″ /> Reagan would claim that he didn’t know … Continue reading
GWB – Ambitious Warrior
Some numbers on George Bush as of October 2003 AMBITIOUS WARRIOR 2 Number of nations George W Bush has attacked and taken over since coming into office. – 130 Approximate number of countries (out of a total of 191 recognized by the United Nations) with a U.S. military presence. a 10 million Estimated number of … Continue reading
Nice Try – No Takers
This from an article on Alternet: <a title=”AlterNet: Neocons Leak Bad Intelligence” href=”http://www.alternet.org/story.html?StoryID=17230″>AlterNet: Neocons Leak Bad Intelligence</a> Melvin Goodman, a former top CIA analyst, sees the leak as a sign of desperation. “To me, they had to leak something like this, because the neo-conservatives (in the administration) have nothing to stand on. They’re trying to … Continue reading
Fear
<a title=”Bush’s Politics of Fear :: Intervention Magazine :: War, Politics, Culture” href=”http://www.interventionmag.com/cms/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=536″>Bush’s Politics of Fear :: Intervention Magazine :: War, Politics, Culture</a> • “[Capitol Hill Blue] reported that FBI and CIA sources said a recent White House memo listing the war on terrorism as a definitive political advantage and fund-raising tool is just one … Continue reading
Iraq-Al Queda Connection
This is about the most circumspect of the many articles commenting on Feith’s recently ‘leaked’ memo that details data points supposedly causing the administration to believe there was an Iraq – Al Queda connection. The story has been amplified and repeated as gospel by many right-wingers but doesn’t hold up under scrutiny.: <a title=”Case Decidedly … Continue reading
