Wednesday, June 30, 2004
"Neoconservatism has been replaced by neorealism within the Bush White House...."
"Checkpoint" Author Nicholson Baker. Image courtesy: Washington Post
More than a year into an aid effort that American officials likened to the Marshall Plan, occupation authorities acknowledge that fewer than 140 of 2,300 promised construction projects are under way. (full story at The New York Times)
The Pentgaon continues to admit indirectly that they didn't put enough boots on the ground in Iraq and Afghanistan with this devious tactic for recruiting more troops. Who needs to get into a messy, politically problematic situation by reintroducing the draft when you can conscript soldiers who've already honorably served their country? (Washington Post)
The occupation of Iraq has increasingly undermined, and in some cases discredited, the core tenets of President Bush's foreign policy, according to a wide range of Republican and Democratic analysts and U.S. officials. (full story Washington Post)
An August 2002 memo by the Justice Department that concluded interrogators could use extreme techniques on detainees in the war on terror helped provide an after-the-fact legal basis for harsh procedures used by the C.I.A. on high-level leaders of Al Qaeda, according to current and former government officials. (full story The New York Times)
The Center for American Progress says Talk Isn't Enough in the Sudan and throws a light on more of the woes surrounding the new e-voting systems scheduled to be in place for use in this November's election.
While in F-9/11 news:
Disney vs. Michael Moore, part 2. (San Francisco Chronicle)
And The Carlyle Group, one company that is the subject of intense scrutiny in Michael Moore's anti-Bush documentary "Fahrenheit 9/11" is one of three investment firms that now own movie theater chain Loews Cineplex Entertainment, one of the few theater chains that resisted pressure to not show Moore's controversial award winning documentary. (full story allhiphop.com)
And Kill Bush, the novel. (The Independent | related: Washington Post)
