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Neocons and the truth: Bitter enemies to the end

The fact-free extremists who brought us the invasion of Iraq haven't gone anywhere and are busy trying to exert their influence before this administration ends.

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  • Thursday, May 8, 2008 07:11 AM

    @Svensker

    The Jerusalem Post also had an item about this yesterday (courtesy of Salon's 5 Things):

    http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1209627027461&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

    The ambassador on Fox makes it official, this is a media tour to promote ... uh, something.

    The JP story adds the alarming detail that Iran has smuggled in E. Euro cruise missiles that can avoid the Arrow (i.e. Patriot-derived air defense system the US provided $2-3 billion for)system ... just to make sure no one worries about delivery systems the way we famously didn't in advance of Iraq. The urgency! We must strike before it is too late!

    We can now look forward to more right-wing 'scholars' putting out 'well-researched' pieces about Ahmedinejad's 'apocalytic vision' which will get endless play in the usual media suspects.

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