Project for a New American Century
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What does it take to be disgraced in political punditry? William Kristol, founder of PNAC (Project for the New American Century) and that awful chicken-hawk rag “The Weekly Standard” aka “The Neocon Bible”, personally co-authored the George W. Bush...
by Sarge in Seattle
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on Fri Feb 16, 2024 at 04:38 PM PST
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The GOP’s push to try to trigger a war with Iran is nothing new. They’ve wanted to attack Iran for decades. Remember — those of you who were around back in the days of George W. Bush? Fresh off the war with Iraq, the Bush/Cheney administration was...
by GreyHawk
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on Mon Jan 29, 2024 at 05:22 PM PST
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Without looking at a print edition, I’m guessing The NY Times has not gone out of its way to draw attention to this analysis from Carl Hulse. It’s the kind of reporting that makes people uncomfortable so it’s probably buried somewhere inside. I’m...
by xaxnar
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on Sun Nov 26, 2023 at 01:27 PM PST
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I was reading the blogs this morning and would’ve spit my coffee (had I been drinking any) when I read this piece in Salon. I don’t know what Amanda Marcotte is drinking but, she needs to put it down. Republican voters will never vote for Liz Cheney. I...
by blueoregon
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on Fri Aug 19, 2022 at 01:32 PM PDT
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In a diary I posted recently asking just how exactly did Trump decide to assassinate a high Iranian military leader and risk war with Iran, one of the poll choices mentioned it would make Putin smile. A commenter asked what’s in it for Putin? Putin...
by xaxnar
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on Sun Jan 05, 2020 at 08:02 AM PST
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I write today to remind us, never forget Reagan started our active, on the ground involvement of U.S. troops in the Middle East; Recent CNN review of the Beirut bombing. Then the rise of neocons warmongering via the PNAC. Excerpt: Facts October 23,...
by RickNelsonmn
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on Sat Nov 23, 2019 at 10:24 AM PST
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March 20, 2019 marks the 16th anniversary of the Iraq War. History permits some answers to questions such as what led to this war and what, if anything, was gained. What was lost? Where has the Iraq War taken the U.S. and the world?
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by Joseph wyatt
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on Thu Mar 14, 2019 at 12:20 PM PDT
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Ahmad Chalabi, the lying wannabe who greatlypushed & helped Bushco lie us into war is dead. He had a heart attack on Tuesday without fulfilling his ambition of becoming President/King/Shah or ...
by enhydra lutris
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on Tue Nov 03, 2015 at 11:09 AM PST
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that is the question Eugene Robinson explores in this Washington Post column that I strongly recommend you read.
Perhaps you will get a good sense of how Robinson will answer that question with his ...
by teacherken
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on Thu Aug 13, 2015 at 09:24 PM PDT
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about the Bern vs. HRC, the PNAC crowd is pushing the country toward war.
The commercials run every night, the links splatter the Facebook Pages of every conservative, as the Kristols and Senors ...
by RASalvatore
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on Thu Jul 30, 2015 at 11:56 AM PDT
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When this idea came to mind not long ago, it gave me a chuckle, and so I thought I might share it. I won't claim, however, that it's totally original -- I may simply have heard it years ago from a ...
by DaveElder
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on Sun Jul 19, 2015 at 09:24 PM PDT
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Is it possible that Jeb's foreign policy could actually be worse than his brother's? His recent reflections on the Iran deal—before the details were even disclosed—lent a preview. Max Fisher ...
by Kerry Eleveld
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on Wed Jul 15, 2015 at 11:42 AM PDT
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...based on "flawed intelligence". Bush and Cheney were not misled by flawed intelligence; they used flawed intelligence to mislead.
Refusing to admit that invading and occupying Iraq was a ...
by Eric Nelson
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on Sat May 23, 2015 at 01:58 AM PDT
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"…and lies were told to the American people." Egregious lies.
Unfortunately, Governor Bush, the liars live, the liars lie, and the liars, for the most part, all seem to be working for you now, in ...
by Sybil Liberty
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on Fri Feb 20, 2015 at 11:24 AM PST
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I wrote the following editorial over a decade ago, but in light of current events - NSA spying, torture memo, renewed war, wacky Supreme Court decisions, corporate largess vs public neglect, one ...
by wpmiller
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on Sun Dec 14, 2014 at 02:59 PM PST
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Evoking images of Frankenstein's castle Edward Luce of The Financial Times warns us that America’s neocons have been jolted back to life, refusing to die, like contagious ...
by HoundDog
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on Sun Jun 22, 2014 at 04:01 PM PDT
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Fox News' Shep Smith Gives Iraq Hawks A History Lesson, reminding Republicans who are demanding that President Obama reengage in the religious civil war in Iraq, that it was their own disastrous ...
by HoundDog
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on Sun Jun 15, 2014 at 10:35 AM PDT
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"Obama lost Iraq." With the fall of Mosul and Tikrit to the forces of the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIS), that will be the rallying cry for Republicans for the foreseeable future. ...
by Jon Perr
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on Sun Jun 15, 2014 at 09:45 AM PDT
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I understand that the US State Department has of late been inclined toward interventionsim, whether it be Warren Christopher, Madeline Albright, Colin Powell, Condoleeza Rice, Hillary Clinton, or ...
by LunkHead
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on Tue Mar 04, 2014 at 12:30 PM PST
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Can you imagine how the Daily Kos CT police squad would come down on a diary titled, "Why Did the 'rebels' use chemicals? We finally have an answer" and that answer was based on pure conjecture?
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by CIndyCasella
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on Sat Aug 31, 2013 at 11:03 AM PDT
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