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[A Tiny Revolution] What The Washington Post Left Out: Here's why that's funny: it's true the UK documents discuss the "obstacles" faced by Blair and that these obstacles included "much stronger domestic opposition to war." But take a look at this excerpt from the March 14, 2002 memo (pdf) to Blair from his foreign policy advisor David Manning, and see if you can spot one particular obstacle that the Post left out:

 [Liberating Iraq] Assessments: "I think the president really needs to tell the American public tomorrow that the main battle in Iraq is now no longer domestic insurgents, it is Zarqawi led foreign extremists. The administration has been afraid of doing that for some time for fear they would be blamed for not keeping them out, but it doesn't matter the US public needs to know who they are fighting and it needs to have a enemy to rally against, and hell would have trouble making a greater piece of evil shit then Zarqawi, so use him damn it.

 [Brainster's Blog] The Reality-Based Community? Part LI The Insane ...: Shortly before 7 p.m., a group of anarchists arrived with banners, and a masked speaker -- wearing a scarf covering his lower face and a black hooded sweatshirt -- made an impassioned speech against the Iraq war and evil effects of world corporate power. Most of those present then took to the streets, marching around downtown Palo Alto, under the Caltrain tracks and forming in the parking lot Bloomingdale's at the Stanford Shopping Center, later heading back into downtown.

[Blog.pdamerica.org] MoveOn wants to know if they should focus on getting the troops out: With the revelation of the secret Downing Street Minutes, which exposed the fact that George Bush and Tony Blair had decided to invade Iraq in April of 2002, a heated debate has blown through media, congressional and activist circles. The decision to go to war in Iraq was made before any public debate was initiated, before the United Nations was brought into the conversation, confirming that Bush’s blather about wanting peace and leaving war as the last resort was just that: blather.

[Blog01.kintera.com] Bob's Blog: IRAQ: CAN’T BUSH JR. GET ANYTHING RIGHT?: Let's face it--Bush won because half of this country doesn't have a clue! I have personally confronted many of these lowest common denominator bozos, and they have no use for the truth or facts.

 [Andrewsullivan.com] www.AndrewSullivan.com - Daily Dish: Some interesting comments here on how the community-based blogging sites like Daily Kos have begun to leave the right-of-center blogosphere in the dust, as far as traffic is concerned. My two cents: it's inevitable and healthy that with national power now exclusively held by Republicans, the left will experience a revival in the popularity of its journalism.

 [Gseis.ucla.edu] Blog Left: Critical Interventions Warblog (war blog, Iraq ...: Brisard and Guillaume contend that the Bush administration had been a major .In particular, threatening war against Iraq has alienated the US from both .

 [Americablog.blogspot.com] AMERICAblog: Because a great nation deserves the truth: He hoped would-be terrorists would come to Iraq and now the New York Times reports a new CIA study says that Iraq is becoming a breeding ground for terrorists. Unfortunately, instead of standing around and waiting politley to be killed, these jihadists are going to take the skills they've learned so effectively in Iraq and spread it around the world.

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