So, now how do we judge what they did? Are they victims of the vicious attack on the World Trade Towers going to extraordinary lengths in an extraordinary situation – pulled into the world of "an eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth" by necessity? Or were they perpetrators of cruel and […]
One could read the ABC Report cited in my last post in several ways. We had collectively watched the Twin Trade Towers in New York collapse killing 3000 people after they were hit by commercial airplanes hijacked by suicide bombers trained by Osama bin Laden of al Qaeda in Afghanistan. At the time, we didn’t […]
Sources: Top Bush Advisors Approved ‘Enhanced Interrogation’ Detailed Discussions Were Held About Techniques to Use on al Qaeda Suspects In dozens of top-secret talks and meetings in the White House, the most senior Bush administration officials discussed and approved specific details of how high-value al Qaeda suspects would be interrogated by the Central Intelligence Agency, […]
General Petraeus, last week in anticipation of this hearing, I sent an urgent email asking my constituents and other Americans if they were serving on this committee, what is the one question they would pose to you. There was an extraordinary response, with more than 5000 questions submitted. These emails and phone calls expressed deeply […]
I wish the guys on the left were allowed to testify. They both just lost their families in Basra. Petraeus and Crocker going on about it in the House of Representatives again. I’m hanging it up. I just can’t listen to the same thing for the fourth time.
I have to remind myself that Condi Rice is Secretary of State. That’s the person who is in charge of diplomacy, or at least it used to be. We hear about Condi, "Will she be McCain’s running mate?" or see her as a member of the Royal Court, but we don’t see her out stumping […]
I don’t mind Ryan Crocker having a strong opinion about what we should do in Iraq – whether he was picked because of his opinion, or he has his opinions because he was picked, or that it’s something that is just what he thinks. But I do mind him being a lobbyist – which is […]
the truth will out… During his questioning of Gen. Petraeus and Amb. Crocker, Sen. George Voinovich (R-OH) said that, because of the Iraq war, “we’re at a point where we’re really strained and stressed out.” “I hate to agree with Sen. Feingold,” he added, “but I think Osama bin Laden is sitting back right now […]
Please Stay a Little Bit Longer … Our troops have to stay. Like water spiraling down the drain and into a sewer, that’s where every Republican canard and conservative dodge leads. Over 4000 American KIA, thousands more maimed for life, half a trillion dollars and counting, no end in sight. …Look, there are only three […]