Tuesday, November 11, 2003
Special Veteran's Day war news edition
Very little good news coming out of Iraq on a Veteran's Day that's infused with even deeper meaning than usual due to the ongoing unrest there:
"US admits troops shot Iraqi mayor" (Source: BBC World News)
"Bremer Returns to Washington Amid Frustration in Iraq" (Source: Washington Post)
"Rockets Hit Baghdad as U.S. Vows to Get Tough " Full story here. (Source: Reuters)
Most people are aware of the fact that the adminstration tried to paint Jessica Lynch as war hero (Source: Guardian UK) with facts that turned out to be largely bogus according to Lynch herself (Source: Washington Post/Reuters). Read an Op-ed piece here on why Pfc Lynch might end turning out to be an even greater hero than Bush & co. initially thought (Source: Buzzflash).
Maybe all the Iraq/Bush-related posts on this blog are the result of what New York magazine calls the "New Liberal Guilt" but somehow I don't think so. The continued mishandling of the Iraq post-war only reinforces the need for major changes both there and in the US.
Now this is encouraging news for making that change here a viable goal: "Billionaire Bankrolls Bush Bashers" Billionaire George Soros has pledged $15.5 million to efforts to unseat President Bush in an election that he sees as a "life and death" struggle to defeat the administration's "supremacist ideology," a newspaper reports. Full story here (Source: CBS News)
In an attempt at "fair and balanced" coverage though, here's a piece on why the reported last-minute overture by Iraq to avert the war was bogus (Source: Slate/MSN).
Happy Veteran's Day and a thank you to all those who have ever served or given their lives fighting to defend good and just causes everywhere.
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"US admits troops shot Iraqi mayor" (Source: BBC World News)
"Bremer Returns to Washington Amid Frustration in Iraq" (Source: Washington Post)
"Rockets Hit Baghdad as U.S. Vows to Get Tough " Full story here. (Source: Reuters)
Most people are aware of the fact that the adminstration tried to paint Jessica Lynch as war hero (Source: Guardian UK) with facts that turned out to be largely bogus according to Lynch herself (Source: Washington Post/Reuters). Read an Op-ed piece here on why Pfc Lynch might end turning out to be an even greater hero than Bush & co. initially thought (Source: Buzzflash).
Maybe all the Iraq/Bush-related posts on this blog are the result of what New York magazine calls the "New Liberal Guilt" but somehow I don't think so. The continued mishandling of the Iraq post-war only reinforces the need for major changes both there and in the US.
Now this is encouraging news for making that change here a viable goal: "Billionaire Bankrolls Bush Bashers" Billionaire George Soros has pledged $15.5 million to efforts to unseat President Bush in an election that he sees as a "life and death" struggle to defeat the administration's "supremacist ideology," a newspaper reports. Full story here (Source: CBS News)
In an attempt at "fair and balanced" coverage though, here's a piece on why the reported last-minute overture by Iraq to avert the war was bogus (Source: Slate/MSN).
Happy Veteran's Day and a thank you to all those who have ever served or given their lives fighting to defend good and just causes everywhere.
