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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No longer is the Bush campaign happy to use 'angry' as a term of abuse, writes Markos Moulitsas. [Guardian Unlimited] 'Entire media networks, such as Fox News and Sinclair Broadcasting, prop up Bush in a way that would make their fellow propagandists in North Korea and Cuba proud. [snip] Given the force of Republican efforts to deify Bush, his debate performances came as a big shock to many Americans. They showed a Bush quick to anger, indecisiveness, pettiness and petulance. The sheltered Bush was clearly unprepared for the debate and unprepared to face criticism. In fact, it seemed to take him by surprise. No one seemed to have told him he had critics. [snip] Bush acted like the proverbial ugly American trying to be understood in a foreign land, cranking up the volume and shrillness to make his points while Kerry sat by serenely. The contrast was impossible to miss as Bush became increasingly unhinged. Even on the road, Bush's desperation is palpable as the rhetoric soars to angrier heights.' Straw: 45-min claim withdrawn  < 12:32:41 PM>. .Politics: Foreign secretary reveals that intelligence services have withdrawn the controversial WMD claim. [Guardian Unlimited] US 'disappears' 11 terror suspects < 12:31:09 PM>. .At least 11 al-Qaida suspects have "disappeared" in US custody, according to a Human Rights Watch report. [Guardian Unlimited World Latest] "Those guilty of serious crimes must be brought to justice before fair trials," said Reed Brody, special counsel with Human Rights Watch. "If the United States embraces the torture and 'disappearance' of its opponents, it abandons its ideals and international obligations and becomes a lesser nation." That time has long passed. This is just another illustration. Martin, Putin vow to respect rights in terrorism fight < 12:26:57 PM>. .Prime Minister Paul Martin and Russian President Vladimir Putin pledged Tuesday that they would co-operate further to fight terrorism while respecting human rights.
Martin should try taking this line to Washington. undergroundclips: CBC airs an Unauthorized Biography of Dick Cheney < 12:23:11 PM>. .This is quite a piece on Dick Cheney, as only another country could have done. In this case it comes from CBC's 'Fifth Estate' Why is it that our own media is so watered down that in the US only 'fake news' programs like the Daily Show are able to supply the kind of strong critiques a democracy needs in order to understand it's own behavior? Why do we need other countries to do this? Because there is no 'freedom of the press' in the US Airplane politics < 12:18:29 PM>. .On the plane last night I lucked out and got the middle seat between a couple from Canada, and they wanted to sit together, so I got the aisle seat and this morning my back feels just fine. We talked about US politics and eventually it turned to Bush-bashing, and they wondered if there were any Republicans on the plane because we were talking really loud. A white-haired woman in the seat in front turned around and passed back a political cartoon which seemed to say Bush was the right choice. I said I don't understand, does this mean you're voting for Bush? She just wanted us to know there are "other points of view." I handed it back and said I know, half the people are voting for Bush. Then I turned to my Canadian friends and said "But I have no respect for them." Seriously, if you vote for Bush and he wins, we're going to blame you for what happens in the next four years. [Scripting News]TV channels plan to rubbish Kerry < 1:49:06 AM>. .Film to be shown before election that portrays Democratic candidate as betraying fellow soldiers in Vietnam. [Guardian Unlimited] Sinclair is a huge supporter of Bush. This company refused to air Ted Koppel reading the names of the war dead from Iraq. They are interrupting prime time programming to air this smear and are pretending that it is a news story. The concept of democracy in the US has become a joke. US tackled on al-Qaeda suspects < 1:43:43 AM>. .A human rights group accuses the US of holding al-Qaeda suspects at secret locations in violation of legal norms. [BBC News | World | UK Edition] |
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