Thursday, March 20, 2003|
Who Lost The U.S. Budget?. The simple truth is that the Bush tax cuts have utterly transformed our fiscal outlook, for the worse. By Paul Krugman. [New York Times: Opinion]
The fault lies not in our stars, but in our leadership. 8:29:37 PM 
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NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF on New York Times Opinion:
But the biggest mistake we made 12 years ago in the first gulf war was not a military one on the battlefield, but rather a broader political one: we failed to look ahead and plan adequately what we would do the day after we won. This time, even more than before, we urgently need to plan the peace. ...
Everywhere I have been in the Arab world over the last year, people have been deeply cynical about American motives, assuming that we're just after Iraqi oil. Unless we want to give anti-Americanism a huge boost and create tremendous hostility within Iraq that would make our occupation untenable, we won't covet Iraq's oil [~] it's just not worth it. Having harmed America's image in the runup to this war, let's restore it in the aftermath. 8:22:18 PM
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Terrible beauty:  7:44:37 PM
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While CNN may only be giving lip service--at best--to the anti-war protests, people worldwide are angry about the attack.
Anti-War Protests Swell After Iraq Attack. Galvanized by the American attack on Iraq, anti-war activists around the country set off their own barrage of street protests, chaining themselves together, blocking workers and traffic, walking out of classes, and parading in mock chemical suits. Hundreds were arrested from San Francisco to Washington, D.C. [Associated Press war headlines via GoUpstate.com] |
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Interesting read:
Casualties of war. If the U.S. kills 10,000 Iraqi civilians, will this be a just war? 1,000? 100,000? On the eve of destruction, a deadly moral calculus awaits. [Salon.com] |
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For Much of World, War Brings Protests and Nervousness. The start of the war in Iraq drew a wave of condemnation, a degree of resignation and little support from many governments and people in much of the world By John Tagliabue. [New York Times: NYT HomePage] 4:18:54 PM
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House Democrats Spar Over War Stance. With U.S. military action in Iraq under way, some anti-war House Democrats sought Thursday to continue a debate within their party on more peaceful ways to disarm Saddam Hussein. However, freshman Rep. Jim Marshall of Georgia objected to convening a Democratic caucus to debate the war so soon after it started. [Associated Press war headlines via GoUpstate.com] 4:14:48 PM
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Protestors in France Decry U.S. Attack. At least 20,000 demonstrators poured into Paris' Place de la Concorde in front of the heavily guarded U.S. Embassy on Thursday evening to protest the war in Iraq. [Associated Press war headlines via GoUpstate.com] 4:14:11 PM
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Fascinating read:
The War After War With Iraq. Three ideas are competing for the succession to the cold war West - the Rumsfeldian, the Chiraco-Putinesque and the Blairite. By Timothy Garton Ash. [New York Times: Opinion] |
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Thousands Protest War at U.S. Embassies [AP World News]  Photos stolen from this slide show:
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Antiwar Protests Flare in Many Countries. A wave of antiwar protests began to roll across Europe and the Middle East today after the war against Iraq sparked angry demonstrations in Asia and Australia. By Reuters. [New York Times: NYT HomePage] 9:36:46 AM
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DaveNet publlication of Scott Rosenberg's "Eve of Destruction"
Overconfidence breeds disaster. 9:24:07 AM
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Last update: 4/1/03; 1:20:41 PM .
