From my perspective, U.S. Iraq war reporting might best be described thusly:

Apporximately a year ago, two at most, all the major main-stream poll data concurred that 76% (+/-, 3 percent) of the entire U.S. population ***Still*** believed that Iraq possessed WMD and was connected to 9/11 terrrorists.

I want to know that percentage NOW. ...and why there even is one.

Now, I also distinctly recall that EVEN president Bush has admitted the war in Iraq IS based on ...uh, "intelligence failures". So, he ordered a surge.

Whatever this is, is not good. Certainly not fair. (*for Iraqis, Americans or anybody else living on earth.)

As Frank Rich, speaking of (nyt's) good reporters (with even a lick of sense), put it the other day:

"...the coup in Pakistan has been almost universally condemned as the climactic death knell for Bush foreign policy, the epitome of White House hypocrisy and incompetence. But that’s not exactly news. It’s been apparent for years that America was suicidal to go to war in Iraq, a country with no tie to 9/11 and no weapons of mass destruction, while showering billions of dollars on Pakistan, where terrorists and nuclear weapons proliferate under the protection of a con man who serves as a host to Osama bin Laden."

And thats the way it is on Mars, Glenn.

Salutations,

bah.

I do declare; Where ever I go, there you are. :)

bug in a rug,

bah.

Still, a bot, bop , bah ...Pamala. Heck, we all have some thing different in common.

And with all due respect to Pul (dirks), I ain't pulling your leg.

anonymousely,

bah.

Bush was a danger before the NIE, and Bush is a danger after the NIE.

This messege will self-destruckd in five seconds ...

bah.

I know what I would do, Glenn. Unfortunately, Nancy Pelosi has unconditionally taken impeachment off the table*.*No qualifiers or contingencies that I am aware of?

By that logic, Bush could invade Iowa and impeachment would still be off the table.

I hope the checks and balances are in the mail...

at least,

bah.

Mr. Ash beat me to it, but Wendell has a way of sneaking up on you bebop.

Good sycamore poem. (h)it's close to home. ...and they say home is where the heart is. *like on a sycamore tree :)

ot~ I'm just hanging out till Glenn has something specific to say. ... albeit, I really liked the Norm Chompsticks on Neptune U-tube and Glenn's running mate, Jane, seems nice enough.

verily various,

bah.

Like Chief Dan George said; 'White man been sneaking up on us for years'!

John Dillinger, otoh, wore his gun outside his pants ...for all the honest world to feel. :)

quite type,

bah.

That's what hucking Steriods will do for you, Glenn. You can almost feel a surge.

So, the D's Demand; "End the unjust, unwinnable war in Iraq by the end of 08' or ... it will be 09'". (Surprised me!~) I've heard it all, now. (*how can I rustle-up a game of texas hold-em with these savages?)

ot~ A.Gonzo ... Lawyer of the Year! WTF for, resigning? Will wonders never cease.

I'm all in. (*i.e. i raise your sarcasm, although I can tell you've got a pretty good hand.)

Ace up my sleeve,

bah.

ps. buck 09. We are (still) just 'one signature away from ending this war' ... but don't hold your breath.

pps. 'oh nine, oh nine, oh nine.' (*the crazy hippie on the woodstock PA system was... Joe Biden.)

Glenn riles me up, you calm me down.

Thanks. On both counts. :)

bah.

aside ~ I think Michele is lucky to have 4-brown egg free range chickens ... if you're asking me.

What conspiracy(s)? Iraq is not a conspiracy... 'where ignorant armies clash by night.'?

There are 'two kinds of knowledge; the knowledge of the essence of a thing, and the knowledge of its qualities. The essence of a thing is known by its qualities. Otherwise, it is unknown and hidden.'

We cherish the hope...

"When old age shall this generation waste,

Thou shalt remain, in midst of other woe

Than ours, a friend to man, to whom thou say'st,

'Beauty is truth, truth beauty.' - that is all

Ye know on earth, and all ye need to know." *Keats

re; Ibn Khafif (of Shiraz)... and O' bebop.

Well, I know where I stand about it. (ho,ho,ho.)

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all...& on the ninth day of Christmas my true love gave to me a:

bah*humming*bug

Riviting. I watched Sen. Dodd in awe all day yesterday. Had to link c-pan here, once. (ty) - CNN123, MSNBC etc.ree, was devoted to staying on top of the Horserace/SnowStorm, I guess.)

Towards the end (6-8pm), I was tempted to drive pickup up to the Senate so Sen. Dodd wouldn't have to keep asking about the absence of a quorum(sp?). He seemed so lonely... But not alone.

When I am President, I plan on making Dodd a very trusted advisor. If not AG or Supreme Court nominee (if Dodd is not a lawyer, he should be.). His rebuttle of the Other Sides linguistic circus show 'talking points', re. amnesty/scope of surviellance, was excellent and complete. (*He used the Klein case concerning scope, I noted, and the Other Side went scurringly like rats.).

Speaking of horseraces, I think Barack has set his entire focus and energies a bit too exclusively on the White House in 09...evidently, like most of the contenders except for Dodd. As a fan of Obamas' (in no way imply endorsement), this has troubled me to some degree in the past. It's good to hear he was there in spirit, anyway.

hot dam,

bah.