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[THE AUTONOMIST] Michael Ratner and CCR: Fighting Against the War on Terror: Though he views the democratically elected Bush team with disdain, Ratner applauds failed Communist revolutionary Che Guevara, who tortured and executed thousands during his attempt to turn Latin America into a worker's paradise and who was primarily responsible for setting up Communist Cuba's infamous prison system, modeled after the KGB designed Soviet system of gulags. Guevara, often portrayed as brave and heroic by the American and international Left, was so unnerved by his victims' screams that he ordered their mouths taped shut before they were tortured or killed on his orders. Still, Michael Ratner identifies deeply with Guevara, whom he considers a great hero and personal inspiration.

[Just Observing] Front page: LA Times...: Another memo, from British Foreign Office political director Peter Ricketts to Foreign Secretary Jack Straw on March 22, 2002, bluntly stated that the case against Hussein was weak because the Iraqi leader was not accelerating his weapons programs and there was scant proof of links to Al Qaeda."What has changed is not the pace of Saddam Hussein's WMD programs, but our tolerance of them post-11 September," Ricketts wrote. "Attempts to claim otherwise publicly will increase skepticism about our case”¦."U.S. scrambling to establish a link between Iraq and Al Qaeda is so far frankly unconvincing," he said.Ricketts said that other countries such as Iran appeared closer to getting nuclear weapons, and that arguing for regime change in Iraq alone "does not stack up.

[Blogforamerica.com] Blog for America: Over 1,000 Americans have asked: "Did You Get The Memo?" And now, the Downing Street Memo and the Secret Eyes Only briefing paper are beginning to break into the mainstream media consciousness. It's a battle breaking through the celebrity trials and runaway brides to get out the news about how our president misled us into a war in Iraq with no plan to get out, and how over 1,700 brave American men and women in uniform have now been killed because of his desire to "fix" the intelligence.

[Captainsquartersblog.com] Captain's Quarters: French farmers would revolt if price supports disappeared, possibly even strike, which would put Chirac's government in dire straits. On the other hand, even the French know that Blair won't cough up the rebates without getting some substantial market reform in return. For Chirac, getting Blair to bend is a secondary consideration at best anyway.

[Eblog.bluelemur.com] The Editors' Blog » New York Times covers for Blair, Iraqi WMDs: Once again, the illustrious editors of the New York Times have opted to cover their own asses after reporting patently false and misleading information about Iraqi weapons of mass destruction in the run-up to the Iraq war. This time, they’re also covering the ass of British Prime Minister Tony Blair, burying a massive news story on the bottom of page A10, and shortening it to about 500 words.

[Shows.airamericaradio.com] Air America Radio | The Al Franken Show |: And I think that these kinds of problems and accusations and so forth grow out of a community that stretches from the American left through much of Europe to enemies across the world from which terrorism springs, who want the world to believe that America is what's wrong with the world, or is in danger always of being what's wrong with the world, and if this administration starts yielding to those critics, it will be a very perilous path...How extreme is Hume? Neocon William Kristol, editor of the conservative Weekly Standard, challenged his characterization:

[Thecatsdream.com] The Cat's Blog: The Lies of Mr. Blair: The minute reveals the head of British intelligence reported that President Bush had firmly made up his mind to invade Iraq and overthrow Saddam Hussein, adding that "the intelligence and facts were being fixed around the policy". At the same time, a document obtained by this newspaper reveals the Foreign Office legal advice given to Mr Blair in March 2002, before he travelled to meet Mr Bush at his Texas ranch.

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