Seymour Hersh on CNN from Raw Story
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Shifting Targets The Administration’s plan for Iran. by Seymour M. Hersh In a series of public statements in recent months, President Bush and members of his Administration have redefined the war in Iraq, to an increasing degree, as a strategic battle between the United States and Iran. “Shia extremists, backed by Iran, are training Iraqis […]
5 Witnesses Insist Iraqis Didn’t Fire On GuardsState Dept. to Study System for Security Five eyewitnesses to a Sept. 16 shooting incident in Baghdad involving the private security firm Blackwater USA insisted that company guards fired without provocation, forcing civilians and Iraqi police to run for cover, and that the Iraqi officers did not return […]
Petraeus admits to rise in Iraq violence Gen. David H. Petraeus, the top U.S. commander in Iraq, acknowledged today that violence had increased since Sunni Arab militants declared an offensive during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. "Certainly Al Qaeda has had its Ramadan surge," Petraeus said in his first comments to reporters since he […]
McCain suggests religious litmus test for President “I admire the Islam. There’s a lot of good principles in it,” Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) said. “But I just have to say in all candor that since this nation was founded primarily on Christian principles, personally, I prefer someone who I know who has a solid grounding […]
An Unlikely Vote Forces No Change On Wednesday morning, Sen. Johnny Isakson (R-Ga.) walked onto the Senate floor and committed an act that for him is highly unusual: He voted with the Democrats on Iraq. The measure, offered by Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Joseph R. Biden Jr., was a nonbinding statement of support for a […]
I have been following the Bush Administration Approval Ratings on the same site for three years. When I looked today, I saw that it hadn’t been updated since mid-July. I was about to write the Dr. Ruggles to ask him to update it when I realized that the way he does it [plotting all the […]
Rush Limbaugh CALLER: I’m one of the few that joined the Army to serve my country, I’m proud to say, not for the money or anything like that. What I would like to retort to is that, what these people don’t understand, is if we pull out of Iraq right now, which is not possible […]
The Impact of Authoritarian Conservatism On American Government: Part I Part II Part III There is no way to summarize this series of columns written by John Dean. John Dean was a part of the Administration that started the Imperial Presidency, and paid the price. He learned from the experience and is increasingly becoming one […]