PMO: U.S., Israel see need for ‘tangible action’ on Iran nukes Haaretz Correspondents and Haaretz Service … as a former Knesset speaker, MK Reuven Rivlin, put it Thursday, "I wish our leaders would make speeches like this." Rivlin described Bush as "manifesting the Zionist vision." … Hendel issued a statement calling on Olmert "to learn […]
Back in 2004, after the elections when I found myself sinking into a real funk about Bush’s reelection and I tried to start understanding what was going on, I started reading about the C.I.A. Leak case and Judith Miller. But then I came across the Project for the New American Century. I just didn’t know […]
In the last several months, I’ve found myself in an unusual situation. My wife had both knees replaced [5 weeks apart], and so three days a week, she goes to Physical Therapy. While I’m hanging around, there are two things to do – nothing and watch the big plasma screen television set in front of […]
Hypocrisy on Hamas McCain Was for Talking Before He Was Against It If the recent exchanges between President Bush, Barack Obama and John McCain on Hamas and terrorism are a preview of the general election, we are in for an ugly six months. Despite his reputation in the media as a charming maverick, McCain has […]
President Bush committed political treason today I’ve seen a lot of sad things in American politics in my lifetime — the resignation of a president who became a national disgrace after he oversaw a campaign of break-ins and cover-ups, another who circumvented the Constitution to trade arms for hostages, and yet is now hailed as national hero. And […]
Dear 1boringoldman, Last night, I appeared on MSNBC’s Verdict with Dan Abrams to discuss Karl Rove’s outrageous refusal to appear before Congress regarding serious allegations that he used the US Justice Department to take down a prominent Democratic politician. It is alleged that Mr. Rove personally instigated the prosecution of former Alabama Governor Don […]
Bush equates talking to terrorists with appeasing Nazis Original posting at 8:28 a.m. ET: President Bush just made some interesting remarks about terrorism, going so far as to describe negotiating with terrorist groups as a "foolish delusion" akin to the appeasement that failed to stop Nazi Germany from invading its European neighbors. Bush didn’t explicitly […]
Misogyny I Won’t Miss By Marie Cocco As the Democratic nomination contest slouches toward a close, it’s time to take stock of what I will not miss. I will not miss seeing advertisements for T-shirts that bear the slogan "Bros before Hos." The shirts depict Barack Obama (the Bro) and Hillary Clinton (the Ho) and […]
Yesterday, I was looking up the military experience of Donald Rumsfeld in Wikipedia, and I ran across these two statements: Following the September 11, 2001 attacks, Rumsfeld led the military planning and execution of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan and the 2003 invasion of Iraq. Rumsfeld pushed hard to send as small a force as […]