Monday, February 14, 2005

What Is the Real Message of Yellow Ribbons on Cars?. Commentator Bob Sommer's son has just returned from a year in Iraq and knows intimately what it means to support our troops. But he finds yellow ribbon magnets on cars with the message "Support Our Troops" off-putting. [NPR's All Things Considered] 6:01:03 PM    comment [] Iraq Winners Allied With Iran Are the Opposite of U.S. Vision. By Robin Wright / WaPo — Permalink When the Bush administration decided to invade Iraq two years ago, it envisioned a quick handover to handpicked allies in a secular government that would be the antithesis of Iran's theocracy — potentially even a foil to Tehran's regional ambitions. Read remarks from Juan Cole, Armed Liberal, Judith Weiss, and Oliver Willis. [memeorandum] 3:21:05 PM    comment []

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