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troop levels in Iraq…

During the Blix testimony, I was reminded that it was seen as too expensive in 2003 to billet our troops through the summer heat to give the inspectors more time. It couldn’t have been more expensive than this! Here’s the current story:  

encouraging…

Poll: Public favors Obama’s economic policies over Bush’s by wide margin ThinkProgress By Alex Seitz-Wald June 27, 2010 As congressional Republicans double down on President Bush’s failed economic policies, a new National Journal/Pew Research poll finds that Americans believe President Obama’s “policies offer a better chance at improving the economy over the policies of his […]

a 1boringoldman exclusive…

Well, since the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Huffington Post, Firedoglake, the Daily KOS, emptywheel, Raw Story, and Talking Points Memo aren’t yet mentioning Hans Blix‘s testimony at the Chilcot Inquiry today, I’ll turn to the UK papers. Hans Blix: Allies used ‘poor’ intelligence ahead of Iraq invasion Former head of UN weapons […]

Hans Blix…

I would recommend watching the testimony of Dr. Hans Blix all the way through. He’s an eminently sensible person who doesn’t get tangled up in details. I predicted last night that I might wince when he spoke of the American antics in this Iraqi debacle. I didn’t wince, and I thought he was as kind […]

the public got it right…

Iraq was always wrong. Now we have proof The Chilcot inquiry confirms what most suspected – the reasons for war were bogus. In future, such decisions must be transparent The Independent UK by Menzies Campbell 25 July 2010 But slowly and with only occasional fanfare the whole sad, sorry story is being systematically laid out […]

guilty minds, guilty acts…

Key omission in memo to destroy CIA terror tapes Washington Post By MATT APUZZO and ADAM GOLDMAN July 26, 2010 WASHINGTON — When the CIA sent word in 2005 to destroy scores of videos showing waterboarding and other harsh interrogation tactics, there was an unusual omission in the carefully worded memo: the names of two […]

bullies…

"I can only see one gain: the end of Saddam Hussein, a murderous tyrant. Had the war not finished him he would, in all likelihood, have become another Gadafy or Castro; an oppressor of his own people but no longer a threat to the world. Iraq was on its knees after a decade of sanctions." […]

coming Tuesday…

Chilcot Inquiry [Note: Times adjusted to US EST] Dr Blix is the former Foreign Minister of Sweden and most recently the head of the UN’s weapons inspection team in Iraq. Before that, from 1981 to 1997, he was the Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency in which capacity he oversaw the dismantling of […]

Cheney’s Kampf and the war on the UN…

One thing the Chilcot Inquiry in the UK has made crystal clear [as if we didn’t already know it ], from the outset, it was the plan of our government to deal with Saddam Hussein by invading Iraq and deposing him – regime change. In their various testimonies, they talk about it in a matter […]

good show…

Harvard Med bolsters COI policy: Will other schools follow suit? PostScript by Kathy Melley July 22, 2010 Yesterday, Harvard Medical School announced strict conflict-of-interest rules that limit ties between its 11,000 faculty members and pharmaceutical and medical device makers, making it one of a growing number of medical schools across the country to address concerns […]