openleft.com - 1/4/2009
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After the Iraq fiasco, the key to continuing neocon power was two-fold: First, disappearing the disaster. Second disappearing the neocons themselves. The disaster was disappeared by a series of rationalizations and redefinitions, the most important of which was the replacement of the ...
reuters.com - 1/3/2009
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reuters.com —
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Former U.S.-installed Iraqi Prime Minister
Iyad Allawi has denounced the policies of President George
W. Bush as an "utter failure" that gave rise to the sectarian venom that ravaged his country. In an interview published on ...
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U.S.-installed Iraqi ex-PM says Bush utter ...
wonkroom.thinkprogress.org - 12/30/2008
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wonkroom.thinkprogress.org —
Of the various premises on which the U.S.
invasion of Iraq was sold to the American people,
one of the most bizarre was that a post-Saddam Iraqi government would be friendly to Israel . As with claims about WMD and Al Qaeda connections, this one has ...
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Iraq’s Leaders Condemn Gaza Strikes
dir.salon.com - 12/30/2008
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dir.salon.com —
When the definitive history of the current Iraq
war is finally written, wealthy exile Ahmed Chalabi will
be among those judged most responsible for the Bush administration's decision to invade Iraq and topple Saddam Hussein. More than a decade ago ...
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Salon.com Politics | How Ahmed Chalabi conned the neocons
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Hegemony on Steroids: the NeoCons, Iraq, and Historical Revisionism
Angry Bear —
by Bruce Webb Paul Rosenberg has started an interesting series over at Open Left that in some ways could see my post What is the Nexus? as prologue. The first post in the series is Hegemony On Steroids--Episode 35,879: "The Neocons Couldn't A Dunnit!" It starts by stating one set of revisionist talking points eagerly being peddled by wingnuttia (and the Village) to keep from having to take responsibility for Iraq Last week, the day before Christmas, Digby took note of an eager wanker (Frank Harvey, pimped by Kelly McParland) making the argument that if Gore had been President instead of Bush, we would ...
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Crooks and Liars —
The Public Record: FBI email says Bush authorized abuse of Iraqi detainees. Which brings us to the Orwell du Jour and the 'morality' of conservatism.
No More Mister Nice Blog: You know, if I'm a hillbilly heroin dealer, and suddenly the Secret Service is hanging around because my son has impregnated the daughter of a VP candidate ... er, I might think of trying to find a new way to earn money. But hey, that's just me.
Open Left: Hegemony On Steroids, Part One, and Part 2
Prometheus 6: It's a really bad crisis that forces this much truth on the ...
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