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| NYT Endorses Kerry for President: |
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"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
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| Reckless Administration May Reap Disastrous Consequences: |
'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
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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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 Wednesday, 19 June 2002
 < 1:23:22 PM>.
Before Baghdad burns. The author of a new book on Iraq cautions that a U.S. invasion to get rid of Saddam Hussein could be even more dangerous than his weapons of mass destruction. [Salon.com]
< 12:54:10 PM>.
Inquiry on Canadians' Deaths Says U.S. Pilots Broke Rules: "A military investigation has found that an F-16 pilot mistakenly dropped a 500-pound bomb on Canadian soldiers conducting a nighttime live-fire exercise in Afghanistan in April because he did not take time to assess the threat properly before striking, military officials said today. As a result, the pilot could face criminal charges."
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U.S. pilot made mistakes in Afghan bombing: published report
A U.S. military investigation says an American pilot who dropped a bomb
on Canadian soldiers in Afghanistan did not follow proper procedures,
according to the New York Times.
F U L L S T O R Y
[CBC News]
Cowboy.
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