FalloutStories related to 11 Sept 2001. |
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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 |
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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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Save the world. Send George a pretzel! . .< 10:21:23 PM  >Things to Come 'Instead we got assertions about a nuclear program that turned out to be based on flawed or faked evidence; we got assertions about a link to Al Qaeda that people inside the intelligence services regard as nonsense. Yet those serial embarrassments went almost unreported by our domestic news media. So most Americans have no idea why the rest of the world doesn't trust the Bush administration's motives. And once the shooting starts, the already loud chorus that denounces any criticism as unpatriotic will become deafening.' Another wonderful op-ed piece in the New York Times. I could have quoted many sections. You are alone America. Alone. And you don't know why. Your leaders have lied to you. You're media have lied to you. And now this. I'm afraid it will take generations to undo the damage done. . .< 10:12:43 PM >Guardian Unlimited | The Guardian | Bill Clinton: Trust Tony's judgment 'The credit for 1441 belongs in large measure to Blair, who saw it as a chance to disarm Saddam in a way that strengthened the UN and preserved the Atlantic alliance.' Clinton comes down against W and his war party but also against the French and the Russians. He makes a strong case for Blair's approach throughout the crisis. I say Blair's miscalculation was to assume there's be good judgement in Washington. . .< 10:07:01 PM >The Weekly Lowdown 'I've decided to go through Bush's Monday address and count all the lies in it. I lost count, you see, during the broadcast. This is from the text the White House put out.' Lies, lies, lies. . .< 10:04:34 PM >The five lessons of 911 'Ironic isn't it? In the same way, they used our airplanes to kill our people and devastate our economy, now they are using our own government to kill our people and devastate our economy on a scale 10 times larger than the original attack. In addition, they are using our own government to increase the chance of future terrorist attacks on America. . .< 9:59:45 PM >Who would make a better president: Bush or a box of Tic-Tacs? Don't forget to vote this time! . .< 9:57:04 PM >Wrong war, wrong time, wrong enemy, warns Labour rebel Politics: Duncan Smith and Kennedy clash after Tory leader backs Blair and questions Lib Dem reservations. [Guardian Unlimited] . .< 9:55:40 PM >War in the Ruins of Diplomacy 'The country now stands at a decisive turning point, not just in regard to the Iraq crisis, but in how it means to define its role in the post-cold-war world. President Bush's father and then Bill Clinton worked hard to infuse that role with America's traditions of idealism, internationalism and multilateralism. Under George W. Bush, however, Washington has charted a very different course. Allies have been devalued and military force overvalued. Now that logic is playing out in a war waged without the compulsion of necessity, the endorsement of the United Nations or the company of traditional allies. This page has never wavered in the belief that Mr. Hussein must be disarmed. Our problem is with the wrongheaded way this administration has gone about it. ' Even The New York Times comes down spectacularly hard on the incompetence of George W and his war party. Amazing. . .< 9:49:37 PM >Scott Rosenberg's Links & Comment 'He has offered us a handful of weak words in place of a persuasive case; he has shuffled from one justification to another, shifting goals as the diplomatic climate altered; he has resorted to half-truths and outright lies and insulted the nations of the world by providing evidence that crumbled upon close inspection; and he has utterly failed to play a strategic game that looks beyond the next move. In the name of protecting the U.S. from terror attacks, he is launching us on a campaign of imperialism; in smashing open Saddam Hussein's dormant nest of horrors, he will spread the seeds of destruction to a thousand new plots.' An excellent essay. . .< 9:35:53 PM >Scott Rosenberg blogs something that has... Scott Rosenberg blogs something that has been on my mind. "Overconfidence breeds disaster." As I watched Bush's speech last night I was struck by his confidence, and have to say I liked it. Then I remembered another way of looking at it. "Famous last words." [Scripting News] 'The only thing to fear is fearlessness.' Interesting. I thought Bush looked hopelessly inadequate, like a stunned bunny with those dark beady eyes concentrating hard to read the teleprompter. . .< 9:28:57 PM >US to use depleted uranium A US defence official says moves to ban DU uranium ammunition are just an attempt by America's enemies to blunt its military might. [BBC News | World | UK Edition] 'Cancer surgeons in the southern Iraqi port of Basra report a marked increase in cancers which they suspect were caused by DU contamination from tank battles on the farmland to the west of the city.' . .< 9:24:44 PM >High stakes for President Bush BBC Washington correspondent Rob Watson considers what is at stake for President Bush's standing at home and abroad. [BBC News | World | UK Edition] . .< 9:24:09 PM >Baghdad prepares for siege Food and water prices soar as Iraqi citizens stockpile goods ahead of the imminent bombing campaign. [BBC News | World | UK Edition] How was your day? . .< 9:22:31 PM >Prime Minister Breaks Pledge to British Public British Prime Minister Tony Blair now appears bent on breaking the promise he made to the British public just last month regards going to war with Iraq. He said that there were only two circumstances under which he would be willing to go forward: If a UN Resolution specifically authorizing force were enacted by the Security Council, or if such a Resolution were passed by a majority of the Council and a single permanent member "unreasonably" vetoed it. Of course, that's not what's happened... [Kuro5hin.org] . .< 9:13:18 PM >CBC News: Ultimatum now less than 24 hours away 'But although Bush's ultimatum to Iraq was applauded by the forces massed on the Kuwait-Iraq border, it was denounced by German President Gerhard Schroeder, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, Russian President Vladimir Putin and French President Jacques Chirac.' . .< 9:10:57 PM >CBC News: Blair wins crucial vote I'm surprised Blair got off as easily as he did. I think once a country puts their young men and women 'in harms way' the government and it's people feels a need to stand behind them, even if they feel it's wrong to have soldiers deployed in the first place. . .< 9:07:17 PM >CBC News: Canadian victims of Sept. 11 remembered on Parliament Hill ' All family members who were there agreed Canada shouldn't join a war in Iraq.' . .< 9:03:59 PM >CBC News:Canadian musicians hold anti-war concert during Juno weekend . .< 9:01:40 PM >CBC News - Talking to Children About the War . .< 1:26:33 AM >Robin Cook: Why I had to leave the cabinet Comment: This will be a war without support at home or agreement abroad, says Robin Cook. [Guardian Unlimited] . .< 1:25:23 AM >Military's spin corps promises honesty Media: When the war in Iraq begins, the US and British governments hope to win over sceptical western audiences from a pulpit, in a large briefing hall, at a military camp in the desert of Qatar. [Guardian Unlimited] ha ha ha ha ha ha ha! . .< 1:20:02 AM >CNN.com - Dozens of anti-war protesters arrested outside Capitol - Mar. 17, 2003 '"We can't simplify these world problems with evil and good. The problem is so complex, so great, and diplomacy is the only way to go," said Bob McIlvaine, whose son was killed in the attacks on New York's World Trade Center. McIlvaine said he is certain his son would not have supported war against Iraq.
Kelly Campbell, also a member of September 11th Families for Peaceful Tommorrows, said, "I know what it's like to experience shock and awe. I know what it's like to have somebody killed when something comes out of the sky and kills them, and that's what we are about to do to the people in Baghdad." Campbell's brother-in-law was killed in the attack on the Pentagon.' |
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