On ABC’s This Week, President Bush told host George Stephanopoulos that the strategy in Iraq was “never stay the course.” A look back seems to suggest elsewise.
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Het jobaanbod voor een startende historicus in België is redelijk beperkt. Niks nieuws onder de zon, want al bij aanvang van de studies was bekend dat het bijzonder lastig zou worden om een job te vinden die goed aansluit bij het diploma van licentiaat geschiedenis. ’t Is een interessante studie, maar je kan er moeilijk …
US soldiers are sick of it
American soldiers also are beginning to suffer injuries from a silent and pernicious weapon material of U.S. origin—depleted uranium. The Department of Defense says depleted uranium is powerful and safe, and not that worrisome. A shell coated with depleted uranium pierces a tank like a hot knife through butter, exploding on impact into a charring …
Tony Blair – Troops should be out of Iraq by 2008
Tony Blair set a 16-month limit for keeping British troops in Iraq yesterday as he admitted for the first time that they would be a “provocation” if they stayed too long. It was British policy to “withdraw progressively” when Iraq’s own security forces were able to take over. Quoting from a statement by Gen George …
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Reflections on the eve of another rigged election
The Bush administration cannot allow the Democrats to take control of either house of Congress. And they are in a position to prevent it, regardless of the will of the American voters. Important would be the reestablishment of Congressional oversight — of investigations, with the penalties of perjury and contempt of Congress, into vast array …
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Elections may leave Bush an early lame duck
On desks around the West Wing sit digital clocks counting down the days and hours left in the Bush presidency, reminders to the White House staff to use the time left as effectively as possible. As of 8 a.m. today, those clocks will read 825 days, four hours. But if the elections go the way …