Bait and Switch

Listen to the American hawks after a few glasses of wine, and you might be seduced into thinking that after overthrowing Saddam Hussein we're going to turn Iraq into a flourishing democracy.

But I'm afraid it's a pipe dream, a marketing ploy to sell a war. [read more]

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"I'm not sure which planet they live on"
Hawks in the Bush administration may be making deadly miscalculations on Iraq, says Gen. Anthony Zinni, Bush's Middle East envoy.

President Bush continues to encounter war critics in the unlikeliest of places -- the United States military, for example. Last summer, retired Gen. Brent Scowcroft, who served as national security advisor to Bush's father during the Gulf War, bluntly expressed his doubt about a unilateral war against Iraq. A few weeks later, a trio of four-star generals appeared before Congress to echo that concern. [read more]

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I'm an American tired of American lies
by Woody Harrelson

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One war that Bush has already lost
After the bombings in Bali, President George W Bush declared his determination to fight the war on terror 'on two fronts', pursuing both Saddam Hussein's Iraq and the al-Qaeda terrorists he blamed for the attacks. But behind Bush's strong words, and despite the fact that Congress has granted him war powers to deal with Iraq, there are increasing doubts about America's ability to see this mission through.

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Democrats Protest Iraq War, Remove Spines, Vote for it Anyway

he House of Representatives on Thursday voted overwhelmingly in favor of a resolution authorizing the President to go to war with Iraq. More significantly, Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle capitulated on Thursday, agreeing to get on board the Bush plan and to be his bitch.

Considering his ferocious podium battery incident of a few weeks ago, Daschle's sea change left many Democrats scratching their heads. In fact, there may be a simple explanation. For reasons described only as "purely medical," The Senator underwent a spinectomy over the weekend, removing all vertebrae below the next and rendering him unable to stand, walk, or effectively fight the hawkish juggernaut sweeping through both houses of Congress.

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