Letters to the Editor
robert lewis
Published Letters: 378 Editor's Choice: 5
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Petraeus and the Mobile Weapons Labs: A Liar then, a Liar now.
[Read the article: "Neither of us believes we can see past next summer"]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Back in the halcyon days of yore Iraqi-style, when rose petals fluttered down upon our troops rather than IED's, and we still had high hopes of uncovering a mountain of WMD's or thousands of al-Qaeda cells as far as the eye can see, a young Major General announced on May 13, 2003, during a briefing in Mosul:
“Our own chemical section looked at the trailer and confirmed it as a trailer that was very close to identical to the first trailer that was found by Special Forces southeast of here last week.” Petraeus said he spoke with experts May 13, and they have a “reasonable degree of certainty that this is in fact a mobile biological agent production trailer.”
That was when Gen. Petraeus was the original source for incorrect information released to the U.S. media that mobile biological warfare trailers had been located in Iraq. False intelligence findings were indeed substituted for a 122-page DIA report suppressed by the Pentagon, GlobalSecurity.org reports.
Of course, the trailers turned out to be used for weather balloons, and proved not to be to any degree of certainty “mobile biological agent production trailers” but it sure got Petraeus bumped up from Major General quick. Don't know if his chest can support any more medals, but I expect him to receive at least the Iraqi Crescent of Valor (Sunni-class) and one of Bush's special Medals of Freedom for lying in the cause of Democratalizing the Middle Easterns, like Tenet and Bremer got.
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Answer Questions?? Puh-leeze . . .
[Read the article: Questions for Petraeus and Crocker]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]The Ambassador & The General are not in town and on display to ANSWER QUESTIONS as such . . . they are in town for the September Roll-out of the new subdivision Νεφελοκοκκυγία AKA Cloud-Cuckoo Land, Iraqi style, where the parties are internecine and the Surge is surging.
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God help me, but me and Jackie are on the same wave length on this one!
[Read the article: Red State Update: Fall TV favorites]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I love that there Monday Nite Football, and them shows on the Animal Planet are great, except sometimes it's too sad when they have to euthanize the critters when the SPCA Cops find 'em; and Lord knows, Nash Bridges is great, cause Don Johnson used to be way better lookin' than me back on Miami Vice, but Don has gained a lot more weight than I have, and Melanie Griffith left him for that guitar-playin' Latin dude . . . so if Jackie could throw in UFC and Star-Gate . . .
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It's not like you expect Tony Snow to tell the truth about ANYTHING, let alone Iraq.
[Read the article: Those disappearing benchmarks, again]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]What a career arc: from very highly-paid-media-whore to not-quite-as-highly-paid media whore. Maybe he can go back to Fox.
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I can think of a better way, McCain, you mediocre sack of shit.
[Read the article: Quote of the Day]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]We can bring home the troops from Iraq, and concentrate of finding Osama bin Laden, the guy responsible for the deaths at the WTC.
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Sorry, Charlie, Wrong Tuna.
[Read the article: Michael Mukasey's role in the Jose Padilla case]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]No one, including Hon. Michael Mukasey, should even be considered for the vacant AG post until they answer one question, posed under oath:
As attorney general, will you enforce the law; specifically, George Bush's admitted violations of Title 50 US Code, Chapter 36, Subchapter 1, Section 1800 et seq., i.e., the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978, which makes any warrantless wiretap a felony punishable by up to 5 years in prison and a $10,000.00 fine? For each wiretap. 1,000 wiretaps = 5,000 years in prison and a $10,000,000.00 fine.
Yes or no?
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Neocons: Never saw a war they didn't like . . .
[Read the article: Turning Ahmadinejad into public enemy No. 1]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]always manage to avoid fighting in wars themselves. It's a real talent.
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A Brief Review
[Read the article: Turning Ahmadinejad into public enemy No. 1]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]What US has done to Iran:
1953, overthrew the moderate, secular, democratically elected Mossadegh government, installed a monarch on the Peacock Throne. Armed the Shah's army, sold them over-priced weaponry; trained the SAVAK, the dreaded Iranian secret police.
After the Shah was deposed, allowed him sanctuary in US along with the $12,000,000,000.00 he stole from the Iranian treasury.
Turned US Embassy into a CIA spy nest.
July 3, 1988, USS Vincennes shoots down Iran Air airliner, killing all 290 passengers and crew aboard, including 38 non-Iranians and 66 children. The Vincennes was inside Iranian territorial waters at the time.
1980-1988 Provided arms and intelligence to US ally, the murderous dictator Saddam Hussein, and encouraged him to wage war against Iran. 1,000,000 persons were killed in the war.
What Iran has done to US:
Seized hostages at CIA-ridden US Embassy. Later, released all hostages.
May supply Shia militia in Iraq with arms and explosives.
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Bollinger's Bushels of Bullshit.
[Read the article: My questions for President Ahmadinejad]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Talk about an overarching academic exercise in Cover Your Ass.
There's nothing wrong with asking questions; but these were disingenuous and pathetic.
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So let me get this straight . . . the murderous thugs at Blackwater have access to classified State Department documents . . . but a legitimate oversight committee of Congress does not??
[Read the article: Oversight is for wimps]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Cause I was just going thru my copy of the Constitution looking for the part about corporate overlords . . .
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RE: High crimes and misdemeanors necessary for impeachment.
[Read the article: Oversight is for wimps]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Regrettably, Anonymous, the President has admitted violating Title 50 US Code, Chapter 36, Subchapter 1, Section 1800 et seq. (aka the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978). He admitted this with the provision that "it does not apply to him in his capacity as Unitary Leader and Commander in Chief." The law of course, holds otherwise. But for some reason, AlLberto Gonzales never saw fit to enfore the law.
The Act makes any warrantless wiretap under color of authority a felony punishable by up to 5 years in prison and a $10,000.00 fine. For each infraction. 1,000 wiretaps = 5,000 years in prison and a $10,000,000.00 fine.
So, enough of the meme that we need a high crime. We've got an admitted high crime. All we need is a Legistlature with gonads and a sense of duty.
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Dear Anonymous: Suggest you shut up when you don't know what you're talking about.
[Read the article: Oversight is for wimps]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]It MAY be a high crime but ONLY if the US Supreme Court were to judge it as such.
Wrong. Wrong. WRONG.
The determinator of what constitutes guilt or innocence of a crime is the "trier of fact". In a matter of impeachment, the Senate (and public opinion) is the "trier of fact."
The fucking Supreme Court never enters into it. Accept Roberts has to sit in the Chamber while its going on.
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A Citizen's Suggestion to George Walker Bush.
[Read the article: The war president "at peace" with himself]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Print the following on a large sheet of butcher paper:
F-U-C-K-I-N-G M-O-R-O-N
Paste it on the top of the vanity mirror in the bathroom. Look at it carefully. Wait for the enlightenment to come.
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A mediocre, whining, self-pitying Uncle Tom.
[Read the article: Clarence Thomas casts himself in "Native Son"]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Congratulations, Clarence, have you kissed the Man's ass enough yet? You appointed Bush president, you got into Yale Law thru affirmative action (unlike Anita Hill, who got in because she deserved it); then tried to deny it for others; and you have an unrivaled string of judicial decisions on behalf of the corporate overlords.
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"We're part of the total force in trying to get the mission accomplished,"
[Read the article: "Blackwater is our team"]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]"(And if I happen to make $250-300 MILLION, all the better)" - noted asshole Erik Prince.