Don't you know there ain't no devil.
Just God when he's drunk.
--Tom Waits, "Heart Attack & Vine"
A very quick google turned up only one site covering this that wasn't a right-to-life-related site. It's a chilling story because it happened in Austin, a college town and a relative liberal oasis in the Texas desert. It caught Planned Parenthood completely off-guard.
Another important story that has been picked up is a recent series of reports published by the Toledo Blade about Tiger Force, an elite platoon in Vietnam created to counterattack the Viet Cong guerrilas. It's a remarkable series that deserves more attention, especially these days as the struggle against a fierce insurgency continues.
Josh Marshall ferrets out a really curious piece of information from the big story of the day, Gen. (Ret.) Jay Garner's interview with the BBC, criticizing the planning for post-war Iraq (for which he became the fall guy). Someone "at the highest level" told Rumsfeld to to tell Garner to fire Tom Warrick, a state dept. guy who was an author of the "Future of Iraq" group, which predicted much of what has befallen Iraq since the boy king declared "major combat operations over."
Might that someone have been Dick Cheney? He consistently is found to be at the bottom of every disaster that befalls the administration...in other words...you and me.
For instance, there's many, many mind boggling nuggets about the disastrous lack of foresight in the recent George Packer story in the Nov. 24 issue of The New Yorker that I mentioned earlier this week. Here's a truly illuminating one about Cheney:
"To this day, key policymakers maintain their faith in the Pentagon's original plan. According to a senior Administration official, not long ago in Washington, Cheney approached Powell, stuck a finger in his chest, and said, 'If you hadn't opposed the I.N.C. [Iraqi national Congress] and Chalabi, we wouldn't be in this mess.'"
Just God when he's drunk.
--Tom Waits, "Heart Attack & Vine"
A very quick google turned up only one site covering this that wasn't a right-to-life-related site. It's a chilling story because it happened in Austin, a college town and a relative liberal oasis in the Texas desert. It caught Planned Parenthood completely off-guard.
Another important story that has been picked up is a recent series of reports published by the Toledo Blade about Tiger Force, an elite platoon in Vietnam created to counterattack the Viet Cong guerrilas. It's a remarkable series that deserves more attention, especially these days as the struggle against a fierce insurgency continues.
Josh Marshall ferrets out a really curious piece of information from the big story of the day, Gen. (Ret.) Jay Garner's interview with the BBC, criticizing the planning for post-war Iraq (for which he became the fall guy). Someone "at the highest level" told Rumsfeld to to tell Garner to fire Tom Warrick, a state dept. guy who was an author of the "Future of Iraq" group, which predicted much of what has befallen Iraq since the boy king declared "major combat operations over."
Might that someone have been Dick Cheney? He consistently is found to be at the bottom of every disaster that befalls the administration...in other words...you and me.
For instance, there's many, many mind boggling nuggets about the disastrous lack of foresight in the recent George Packer story in the Nov. 24 issue of The New Yorker that I mentioned earlier this week. Here's a truly illuminating one about Cheney:
"To this day, key policymakers maintain their faith in the Pentagon's original plan. According to a senior Administration official, not long ago in Washington, Cheney approached Powell, stuck a finger in his chest, and said, 'If you hadn't opposed the I.N.C. [Iraqi national Congress] and Chalabi, we wouldn't be in this mess.'"
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