FalloutStories related to 11 Sept 2001. |
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| NYT Endorses Kerry for President: |
| "There is no denying that this race is mainly about Mr. Bush's disastrous tenure. Nearly four years ago, after the Supreme Court awarded him the presidency, Mr. Bush came into office amid popular expectation that he would acknowledge his lack of a mandate by sticking close to the center. Instead, he turned the government over to the radical right." "We look back on the past four years with hearts nearly breaking, both for the lives unnecessarily lost and for the opportunities so casually wasted. Time and again, history invited George W. Bush to play a heroic role, and time and again he chose the wrong course. We believe that with John Kerry as president, the nation will do better." -- New York Times 17 Oct, 2004 |
| Reckless Administration May Reap Disastrous Consequences: |
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'This nation is about to embark upon the first test of a revolutionary doctrine applied in an extraordinary way at an unfortunate time. The doctrine of preemption -- the idea that the United States or any other nation can legitimately attack a nation that is not imminently threatening but may be threatening in the future -- is a radical new twist on the traditional idea of self defense. It appears to be in contravention of international law and the UN Charter. And it is being tested at a time of world-wide terrorism, making many countries around the globe wonder if they will soon be on our -- or some other nation's -- hit list.' -U.S. Senator Robert Byrd, Feb. 12, 2003 |
| On the road to losing the peace : |
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'It was bad enough for the U.S. to have endured the intelligence failures that led to Sept. 11; it's another thing to know that 18 months, billions of dollars and untold numbers of bombs later that Osama bin Laden and most of his top advisers remain on the loose. This failure ought to be thrown daily in Mr. Bush's face, but he has diverted attention to Iraq, where the United States is about to make a mistake of historic proportions.' -Jeffrey Simpson in The Globe and Mail, 18 Feb 2003 |
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Trigger-happy cowboy.  < 1:51:53 PM>.CBC News: Military releases names of 'friendly fire' victims: "The four soldiers killed are: * Sgt. Marc Leger * Cpl. Ainsworth Dyer * Pte. Richard Green * Pte. Nathan Smith " X < 1:01:58 PM>.Canada: Joint military command with U.S. possible. CNN Europe Apr 17 2002 7:10PM ET [Moreover - moreover...] Argh! < 12:45:08 PM>.Rich Firms, Poor Ideas on Towers Site. Don't believe what you hear about the emergence of a consensus on the future of Lower Manhattan. By Herbert Muschamp. [New York Times: Arts] < 12:00:16 PM>.CNN.com - Transcripts 'COSTELLO: We are getting a lot of e-mails this morning, Elaine, from our viewers in Canada wondering how something like this could have happened. These were sizable bombs.' < 11:54:44 AM>.U.S. bomb kills 4 Canadian soldiersTHE ACCIDENT appears to have occurred because the pilot of the U.S. jet, one of two Air National Guard F-16s in the area at the time, didn[base ']t know he was flying over an area restricted for training [~] and so fire from the training exercise made him believe he was under attack, officials at the Pentagon told the Associated Press. What was it I wrote late last night? < 3:01:47 AM>.Matt Haughey on 9/11 blogging: "Calls for peace intertwine with calls for arms. Descriptions of real time events as they happened, filled with pain, horror, anger, and sorrow. It doesn't require digging into the edges of the political spectrum to get an accurate picture of blogger's view of the day, it's all out there in the open, and quite easy to find."  [Scripting News]< 3:00:10 AM>.Bomb Mistake Kills Canadians. CBS News Apr 18 2002 0:16AM ET [Moreover - moreover...] 'Navy Commander Frank Merriman, a spokesman for the U.S. Central Command in Tampa, Florida, confirms that a U.S. F-16 mistakenly dropped at least one laser-guided bomb on Canadian forces.' < 2:55:39 AM>.Errant US Bomb Kills Canadian Troops 'An American fighter jet mistakenly dropped at least one laser-guided bomb on Canadian forces in Afghanistan during a live-fire training exercise Wednesday. Canadian officials said four soldiers were killed and eight were injured.' A small sidebar under a major headline on the front page of the NYT site. < 2:43:07 AM>.No story yet at http://www.nationalpost.com/. I guess they don't update their site that often. < 2:34:44 AM>.CNN.com - 'Friendly fire' incident kills 4 Canadian soldiers - April 18, 2002 'KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (CNN) -- Four Canadian soldiers were killed and eight wounded near Kandahar on Thursday when a U.S. F-16 dropped at least one 500-pound laser-guided bomb on them during a training mission, according to U.S. and Canadian military officials.' It's not the top story at CNN, but it is on the front page. And just this moment I saw it presented as the third or fourth story on their Headline News channel. The wording is very tepid. < 2:27:19 AM>.The Globe and Mail: Four Canadian soldiers killed in Afghanistan : "Sources said Wednesday that Canadian and American officials were baffled by the colossal blunder." < 2:15:58 AM>.I finally see a scrolling box on CNN mentioning the bombing. Haven't seen anyone talk about it yet. Must check out the news websites. < 1:21:00 AM>.CBC News: Canadian soldiers dead in Afghanistan: "Henault called the deaths the first loss of Canadian lives in an offensive operation since the Korean War in the 1950's. " Trigger happy American's? Gosh that's not a nice thing to say, is it? < 1:03:48 AM>.Finally, CBC Newsworld has the story at the top of the hour. Four dead, eight injured, two with life-threatening injuries. F-16 dropped a bomb on a known training area. "How this sort of thing can happen is a mystery to us." The military spokesman sounds quite shaken.
Bush called Chrétien with his condolences and offers of cooperation in the investigation. Morally bankrupt administration strikes again. < 12:54:28 AM>.Yeah, I know it was an accident. Yeah, I know this is war.
But I think war is wrong. Now do you know why I'm pissed?! Fuck! And so it begins. |
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