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Three more years of Bush, a plan for Cheney and the I-word, again
Americans have grown increasingly unhappy with their president, but the New York Times has an idea for turning things around.
Tim Grieve [2005-11-08]

  • The explanation option

    In WarRoom today, you write, "The president could address that charge head-on. He could go before the American people and explain how discredited claims about Iraq and Niger made it into his State of the Union address. He could explain why he and other administration officials were playing up the story told by a captured al-Qaida member even after the Defense Intelligence Agency warned that the story wasn't credible. He could explain why Colin Powell told the United Nations about claims made by an informant called Curveball long after questions had been raised about the accuracy of his information. And he could explain why his administration relied on and passed along information about the loved then loathed then loved again Ahmed Chalabi."

    Let me suggest that this would require a credible explanation other than a pre-existing determination to topple Sadaam Hussein and begin the neocon conquest / conversion of Arabia. Maybe the failure even to try to explain is all the explanation we need.

    -- Terry A.
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    Thursday, November 10, 2005 11:03 AM
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