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[CFR.org - Democracy and Human Rights] Anthony H. Cordesman argues in a Washington Post op-ed that the United States runs the risk of making Iraq "the forgotten war," which could have dire consequences for the country's post-withdrawal prospects for peace.

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[Obsidian Wings] Obsidian Wings: The Worst Op-Ed In The Annals of Recorded History: (Honestly, I think he just tries to make copy.) As always he doesn't really consider the consequences of his positions - two weeks ago and here again, he never grapples with Matthew Alexander's key points, that torture is counterproductive, ineffective and has endangered American troops by radicalizing Iraqis and others. Alexander's first major op-ed appeared in Cohen's own paper in Cohen's department.

[FAIR Recent Additions] The Short, Happy Iraq War of Howard Kurtz: Of course, there was plenty of "anchor-gab" about the Jessica Lynch "rescue" and the Saddam Hussein statue, which were indeed more effective than leaflets dropped from planes--precisely because they were celebrated by the press corps in wildly exaggerated accounts rather than exposed as the propaganda stunts they were (London

[UK Progressive] America's Christian Soldiers Fight For Jesus In Afghanistan | UK ...: Thanks to American free-lance filmmaker Brian Hughes, who was on a Pentagon-approved and supervised trip to Afghanistan, al Jazeera-English broadcast a report showing American army officers stationed at Bagram Air Base near Kabul giving marching orders to the troops on how to reveal the light to Afghans while on patrol. Alas, few US cable systems carry al Jazeera-English so, if not for YouTube, the report would be lost in the ether.

[Dick Cheney - Investigation of the War Criminal - CheneyWatchOrg] Dick Cheney - Investigation of the War Criminal - CheneyWatchOrg ...: We strongly urged the former president to widen the discussion on Iraq “beyond the circle of those advisers clearly bent on a war for which we see no compelling reason and from which we believe the unintended consequences are likely to be catastrophic.” VIPS’ second pre-war Memorandum for the President was titled, “Forgery, Hyperbole, Half-Truth: A Problem”””a reference to the bogus intelligence we saw being ginned up to “justify” war.

[Workers Party (NZ)] Obama - managing the US war effort: It was his legions of hopeful believers who convinced themselves that Obama would somehow be different. In fact, Obama’s much touted withdrawal plan provides for 50,000 US troops being left in Iraq until the end of 2011, the same time frame as the Bush administration’s.

[Stephen M. Walt] There is STILL no strategy in central Asia | Stephen M. Walt: A Pakistani journalist has equated the "capitulation in Swat" with the surrender document signed in Dhaka in 1971, incidentally a comparison first made by a retired colonel of the Indian army by the name of Harish Puri in an op-ed in this newspaper. All this is shocking, because it suggests that before the Nizam-e-Adl Regulation, Pakistan was well on the way to becoming the country of Quaid-e-Azam's conception.

[CJR : Campaign Desk] Newspaper Narcissism : CJR: You liberal media flacks are losing your jobs and your "beloved 4th Estate" because instead of reporting on things like (1) tea parties (2) the unconstitutional behavior with respect to the banks and the auto companies (and their bond holders), (3) the intergenerational debt, and (4) the other ignorant and dangerous national security policies of this president, you are, instead, fighting over who gets to put his lips on Obama's "member" next at his press briefings.

[Davids Medienkritik] Davids Medienkritik: Ralph Peters Slams Hysterical Gitmo Critics: They are the professionally virtuous, the holier than thou left, whose chief joy is striking heroic poses from the moral high ground. Their hypocrisy is equaled only by their indifference to the fate of their victims, the faceless legions who suffer death and torture every day, but have the misfortune to be useless as propaganda tools.

[This website and its lithuania newspaper adheres to the Press] This website and its lithuania newspaper adheres to the Press ...: More than a few GOP members groused about the first female speaker that the President tipped his hat at the top of the speech. Wheew Just got off air from Hardball and it is hard for me to admit but I could barely get a word in edgewise between Chris, John Harwood and Jonathan Alter all smart and fast.

[UK Progressive] Happy Birthday Welsh Assembly Government - Now Go Find the Mole ...: As US General Colin Powell said about Iraq pre-war, “it’s the Pottery Barn (American retailer) principle, ”˜you break it, you bought it’,” well WAG, you broke it, now fix it instead of searching high and low for someone wanting to see better done with their and indeed all of our tax money! 

[1] Rich: The Banality of Bush White House Evil | Drudge Retort: The LAT says that in the seven years the CIA used "severe interrogation techniques" on terrorist suspects, the agency never sought "a rigorous assessment of whether the methods were effective or necessary." In 2003, the agency's inspector general recommended a study by outside experts on whether the techniques worked, but Porter Goss, the CIA's former director, "turned instead to two former government officials with little background in interrogation." The Times says the resulting memos were limited in scope, led to no change in policy, and were not seen by Bush administration officials who spoke with the paper.

[NO QUARTER] A Memo for Obama : NO QUARTER: The fact is that the PDB, Richard Clarke requesting a principles meeting(”hair on fire”), Tenant and company stating that “the lights were blinking red”, the fact that Bush had ordered Rumsfield to start the iraq Planning prior to 911( Treasury Sec. O’Neil) with Iraq and Condi Rice running interference for this operation while not taking these cables from Drumheller and several other station chiefs seriously, the two FBI agents , one in Minnesota and one in Arizona, and the southern district of New Yorks own investigation (O’Neill who gave his life in this pursuit), the San Diego and Los Angles FBI field offices all working it.

[understanding each other] US Generalship in Iraq: A HISTORYOF THE PAKISTAN ARMY-BRIAN CLOUGHLEY-REVIEWER-A.H AMIN-DEFENCE JOURNAL-JULY 1999 ISSUE  (1)

[Peace and Freedom Global Future] Tea Party Day: One Day Phenomena, A Total Bust Or A Sign of Things ...: “Fox News has engaged in anti-Obama political activism by aggressively promoting the ‘tea party’ protests, which the network has described as primarily a response to Obama’s fiscal policies.

[The Best Defense] Both the war colleges aand the service academies need to think ...: Sir, while nearly every cadet at USMA will admit that West Point is not perfect, we do not appreciate a proposal to close all the academies backed only by anecdotal evidence and accusations that are completely untrue. While we are not as "closed minded" as you say we are, (I have sat in on a lecture by a gay professor from California on why Don't Ask Don't Tell should be struck down as well as sat through a showing of "Why We Fight", which basically attributes the War in Iraq to the whims of the military-industrial complex) we cannot tolerate an argument based on what you heard from "some" commanders and claims that we go to glorified community colleges ( USMA is the #1 Public University as per Forbes, #1 Liberal Arts University Overall as per US News and World Report, USNA was #2)

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