Monday, June 14, 2004
More Monday Iraq Madness
Image courtesy CNN.com
The latest scorecard for our War (on terror) President/Commander-in-Chief:
The State Department acknowledged last Thursday it was wrong in reporting terrorism declined worldwide last year, a finding used to boost one of President Bush's chief foreign policy claims -- success in countering terror.from "Terror attacks [actually] increased in 2003." (CNN.com International)
Tony Blair's Labour party takes a drubbing in elections last week over his Iraq War stance. Will Bush be next this November? (BBC News)
Iraq is still a mess as the insurgents' wave of assassinations and bombings continue to demonstrate how little control the CPA has over security with the "sovereignty power" transfer to an untested, unproven interim Iraqi government set to happen less than three weeks from now. (CTV.ca| New York Times | CNN.com)
Sooner Thought: political insights from one of the so-called "Red States."
And worth checking out:
The Corporation: a new Canadian documentary that analyzes the nature of the corporate institution, its impacts on our planet, and what people are doing in response. Based on the Joel Bakan book The Corporation: The Pathological Pursuit of Profit and Power.
The Hunting of the President: a new documentary about how the right wing machine conspired to bring the Clinton administration down.
as well as:
Banana Republicans: How the Right Wing Is Turning America into a One-Party State.
