FalloutStories related to 11 Sept 2001. |
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4/11/2004; 1:20:42 |
| 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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(Via Guardian Unlimited.) A Look at U.S. Military Deaths in Iraq (AP)  < 6:37:35 PM>. .A Look at U.S. Military Deaths in Iraq (AP): "AP - As of Friday, Oct. 15, 2004, 1,086 members of the U.S. military have died since the beginning of the Iraq war in March 2003, according to the Defense Department. Of those, 830 died as a result of hostile action and 256 died of non-hostile causes. The figures include three military civilians."
(Via Yahoo! News - World.) '70,000 Darfur dead' since March < 6:36:25 PM>. .'70,000 Darfur dead' since March: "About 70,000 people are thought to have died since March in Sudan's conflict-torn Darfur region, the UN says."
(Via BBC News | World | UK Edition.) US too busy looking for WMD where there are none. How many people did Saddam kill in 6 months? Too bad the US has no oil interests in the Sudan. William Gibson reblogging < 1:49:54 PM>. .William Gibson reblogging: "Cory Doctorow: William Gibson is blogging again:
Because the United States currently has, as Jack Womack so succintly puts it, a president who makes Richard Nixon look like Abraham Lincoln. (Thanks, Dan!)"
(Via Boing Boing.) |
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