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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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| On the road to losing the peace : |
'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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 Friday, 5 July 2002
 < 1:26:55 PM>.
kuro5hin: The Detention of Jaoudat Abouazza. "24-year-old Palestinian activist and Canadian citizen Jaoudat Abouazza is being held by the INS... Since his May 30 arrest, Abouazza has been held on suspicions of terrorism, interrogated without a lawyer, beaten, and had four of his teeth forcibly extracted without consent..."
Ok, now this kind of thing scares the fuck out of me. Please remind me again what century it is?... [Jake's Radio 'Blog] Good eye, Jake. Just to be clear: this happened this year in the US of A. Happy Independence Day.
< 12:37:22 PM>.
'It was like an abattoir'. World latest: Survivors of US air strike tell how wedding party's joy turned to horror. [Guardian Unlimited]'Eight-year-old Kako was among those woken by the bombing on Sunday night. She ran outside after hearing a loud bang. "I saw the pool in the courtyard filled with blood, there were bodies lying all around. I saw a woman without a head."'I have an 8 year old. Read this. It's absolutely shocking. Extreme culture clash explains some of it. Happy Independence Day USA. Isn't it great?
< 11:27:57 AM>.
Naval row clouds Korean sunshine. World dispatch: North and South Korea are facing the biggest crisis in bilateral relations since policies of detente began, says Simon Tisdall. [Guardian Unlimited]
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