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Better late than never. The New York Times, which was a cheerleader for going to war (from its editorial pages, its news pages and, of course, from the most idiotic of all columnists, his lordship Tom Friedman), finally has a piece today on the economic costs of the war. The issue may have been mentioned […]

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I spent a number of hours at a commeration today for Martin Luther King, Jr. A number of speakers reminded the audience of King’s anti-Vietnam War speech and how, if he were alive today, King would no doubt be leading the opposition to the Iraq War (yes, he would be a very senior statesman by […]

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I have seen two statements–one by John Sweeney and one by Gerry McEntee, opposing the insane escalation of the war. Post in the comments section any other such statements. Here’s McEntee’s: “The President’s decision to escalate the war in Iraq is reckless and wrong. It’s bad foreign policy and takes away the resources we need […]

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I took part in one of the many vigils that took place around the country to mark the awful arrival of the number 3,000–actually, it’s now 3,004 American men and women who have been killed in the illegal and immoral war in Iraq. Along with Cindy Sheehan and others, I read a portion of the […]

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As we ring in the New Year, Saddam Hussein may have been rushed to the gallows but 3,000 U.S. men and women are dead (and more than 20,000 wounded in hostile action injuries) because of this immoral war–not to mention hundreds of thousands of Iraqi dead. From Reuters: The number of U.S. military deaths in […]

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It’s a sad story to read: U.S. soldiers charged with murder in Iraq over the deaths of civilians in Haditha. I’m sure, over time, we’re going to read stories about the accused–how they were regular guys, probably loved animals and were solid family people and pillars of their community…or certainly some of them. i’m not […]

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A hopeful signal. In today’s Washington Post: Although given little public credit at the time, or since, many of the 126 House Democrats who spoke out and voted against the October 2002 resolution that gave President Bush authority to wage war against Iraq have turned out to be correct in their warnings about the problems […]

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Last night, I went to a discussion between Scott Ritter, the former U.N top weapons inspector in Iraq, and investigative reporter Seymour Hersh. They were discussing the unthinkable: the gathering drumbeat on the part of this Administration, and a number of Democrats, for war against Iran. There was a lot in the discussion worth reporting […]

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I’m one of those people that has been totally unimpressed by the excitement over Bob Woodward’s new book. I haven’t read any of Woodward’s books since “All The President’s Men” primarily because he is simply a regurgitator, with some extra facts, of either the conventional wisdom or the anti-convention wisdom once it becomes the new […]

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The combination of two stories today in The New York Times reinforces what has been clear: the occupation continues to descend into more chaos. My first thought in reading the articles was: If only The Times hadn’t acted, as much of the MSM did, as a cheerleader for the war, would we be in this […]

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